Kilwinning East railway station

Kilwinning East
Location
Place	Kilwinning
Area	Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°39′16″N 4°42′13″W / 55.6545°N 4.7036°WCoordinates: 55°39′16″N 4°42′13″W / 55.6545°N 4.7036°W
Grid reference	NS299434
Operations
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Platforms	3
History
3 September 1888	Opened as Kilwinning
1 January 1917	Closed
1 February 1919	Reopened
2 July 1924	Renamed Kilwinning East
4 July 1932	Closed to regular services
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Kilwinning East railway station was a railway station serving the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

History

Kilwinning viaduct on the route leading to Kilwinning East Station.

Kilwinning East Station entrance in 1910.^[1]

The station opened on 3 September 1888 and was simply known as Kilwinning.^[2] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy,^[2] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Kilwinning East on 2 June 1924.^[2] The station closed permanently to regular passenger traffic on 4 July 1932.^[2]

Today there is no trace of this station, and the site is occupied by Caley House (named after L&AR owners Caledonian Railway) and the Cornerstone Church. A large viaduct at the extreme north of the town is the only physical reminder that Kilwinning was once served by this line.

References

Notes

1. Brotherston.
2. Butt, page 133

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Views of Kilwinning. 1910. Pub. Mrs. Brotherston, Kilwinning.