Alloway railway station

For the railway station in Australia, see Alloway railway station, Queensland.

Alloway
The site of Alloway looking west in 2008
General information
LocationAlloway, South Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°25′43″N 4°38′08″W / 55.4285°N 4.6355°W / 55.4285; -4.6355
Grid referenceNS332181
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMaidens and Dunure Light Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow and South Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 May 1906Opened
1 December 1930Closed
4 July 1932Re-opened
1 June 1933Closed
1968Line closed and lifted

Alloway railway station was a railway station serving the village of Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

History

The station opened on 17 May 1906.[1] It closed on 1 December 1930 and reopened on 4 July 1932 when a holiday camp was opened in the Heads of Ayr,[1][2] however it closed again on 31 May 1933.[2]

Despite being closed the station site was host to two LMS caravans from 1933 to 1939.[3]

Although the line through the station reopened again in the summer of 1947 to coincide with the opening of a new Heads of Ayr station serving the newly opened Butlins, this only served the camp and Alloway station did not reopen.[4] The line through the station closed for the final time on 14 September 1968.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Butt, page 15
  2. ^ a b c Awdry, page 90
  3. ^ McRae (1997), page 22
  4. ^ Love, page 58

Sources

  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • 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.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
  • Love, Dane (2003). Ayr Past & Present, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud. ISBN 0-7509-3257-0.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications

Further reading

  • David McConnell and Stuart Rankin Rails to Turnberry and Heads of Ayr. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-699-3.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Heads of Ayr
1906 - 1933
Line and station closed 		  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
   Ayr
Line closed, station open