Beith Town railway station
Appearance
Beith Town | |
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![]() Beith Town railway station | |
General information | |
Location | Beith, Ayrshire Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°44′50″N 4°38′16″W / 55.7471°N 4.6377°W |
Grid reference | NS345535 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
Pre-grouping | Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
26 June 1873 | Opened as Beith |
28 February 1953 | Renamed Beith Town |
5 November 1962 | Closed to passengers |
Beith Town railway station was a railway station serving the town of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.
History
[edit]The station opened on 26 June 1873 as Beith.[1] It was renamed Beith Town on 28 February 1953,[1] and closed permanently to passengers on 5 November 1962.[1] Freight services continued at the station until 1964.[2] The station was the terminus of a five-mile branch from Lugton.[2]
Gallery
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The old station master's house.
Redevelopment
[edit]The station site has since been redeveloped into a housing estate.
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.
- Reid, Donald L. & Monahan, Isobel F. (1999). Yesterday's Beith. A Pictorial Guide. Beith : Duke of Edinburgh Award. ISBN 0-9522720-5-9. P. 71.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
Barrmill Line and station closed |