Alloway railway station

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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

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  • Station on navigable O.S. map
  • Love, Dane (2003). Ayr Past & Present, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud. Template:ISBN.
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  • 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. Template:ISBN.
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