Fairlie Pier | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Fairlie, Ayrshire |
Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.7633°N -4.8592°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | G&SWR Largs Branch |
Postgroup: | LMS |
Years: | 1 July 1882 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 1 October 1971 |
Events1: | last train ran |
Years2: | 31 July 1972 |
Events2: | Closed |
Fairlie Pier railway station was a railway station serving the village of Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station allowed train passengers to link with ferry sailings to Great Cumbrae, Arran and the Isle of Bute.[1]
The station was opened on 1 July 1882 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway as part of the extension of the former Ardrossan Railway to Largs.[2] As well as shipping services to Millport and Bute, the pier also handled services to and from Brodick during the winter months until the 1960s.[1] The station officially closed on 31 July 1972, however the last train had run on 1 October 1971.[2]
Today various sidings are situated around the station site as part of an MOD facility nearby, however they are overgrown and disused. Cumbrae services now run from a terminal in Largs.