Gatehead railway station
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Parameter validation".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "check for deprecated parameters". Gatehead railway station was a railway station serving the village of Gatehead, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
The station was opened on 6 July 1812 by the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.[1] The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway took over management of the station (and its line) on 16 July 1846,[2] while its successor, the Glasgow and South Western Railway, took over full ownership in 1899.[3] The station closed on 3 March 1969.[1]
Today Gatehead station has a single platform intact (although overgrown). The line is still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line and the station's level crossing is still in use, allowing road traffic on the A759 to cross the line.
Laigh Milton Viaduct, Scotland's oldest railway viaduct, is nearby, but not in use as the railway was realigned in 1846.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Drybridge Line open; station closed |
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| Script error: No such module "If empty".<div style="height:8px; background-color:#Script error: No such module "If empty".; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;"> | Kilmarnock (2) 1843 - 1846 | |||
| Script error: No such module "If empty".<div style="height:8px; background-color:#Script error: No such module "If empty".; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;"> | Kilmarnock (3) 1846 - 1969 | |||
| Connection with K&TR | Glasgow and South Western Railway Gatehead and Hurlford Branch |
Riccarton Line and station closed | ||
Views of the railway at Gatehead
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A coal train heading up to KilmarnockScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Looking towards the River Irvine and Old RomeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Looking towards the Cochrane Inn and CrosshouseScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- Disused railway stations in East Ayrshire
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1812
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1969
- Beeching closures in Scotland
- Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations