Kilmaurs railway station explained

Kilmaurs
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Cill Mhàrais
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.6368°N -4.5306°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:1
Code:KLM
Zone:K2
Transit Authority:SPT
Original:Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pregroup:CR and G&SWR
Postgroup:LMS
Years:26 June 1873
Events:Opened[1]
Years1:7 November 1966
Events1:Closed
Years2:12 May 1984
Events2:Re-opened by British Rail
Years3:2009
Events3:Platform extended
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Kilmaurs railway station is a railway station in the town of Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The original Kilmaurs station was opened on 26 June 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway. The buildings on the Up platform (the platform for trains to Kilmarnock and the South) were destroyed by fire in 1914 and replaced by a brick building which, until its closure in 1966, was the only one in south west Scotland to be centrally heated. To the south of the station, a signal box containing 17 levers controlled the section and allowed access to a goods yard.

The station officially closed on 7 November 1966. The current station opened on 12 May 1984 by British Rail.

Platform extension work started in September 2009 to cater for longer units associated with the track doubling works between Stewarton and Lugton.[2]

Being so close to Kilmarnock station the guards often failed to sell tickets to all passengers travelling to Kilmarnock. In 2012 a ticket machine was installed at the station.

Service

2019 service pattern

Since the doubling of the line between Lugton and Stewarton in December 2009 the service pattern has been:

Gallery

File:Kilmaursauchinleck84.jpg|Inaugural run souvenir ticket for 12 May 1984File:Kilmaurs180407a.JPG|Looking towards Kilmarnock (note the new shelter), 2007File:Kilmaurs180407b.JPG|Looking towards Stewarton, 2007File:Kilmaurs station approah.JPG|Kilmaurs station approach, 2008File:Kilmaurs railway.JPG|Kilmaurs from the Floors farm bridgeFile:Kilmaurs railway station - north view.JPG|Platform extension works - looking towards StewartonFile:Kilmaurs railway station - south view.JPG|Platform extension works - looking towards Kilmarnock

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Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995), page 133
  2. Web site: Network Rail Strategic Plan. 2009-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20100108025446/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%2026%20-%20Strathclyde%20and%20South%20West%20Scotland.pdf. 8 January 2010. live.