Turnberry railway station

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History

The station opened on 17 May 1906, and closed on 2 March 1942.Template:Sfn The platform roof was sold to Dumbarton F.C. in 1957 and used as a terrace cover at the football club's former ground at Boghead Park.Template:Sfn Its significance as a railway station can still be linked to the Turnberry Hotel and club house which displays an original railway poster by Claude Buckle showing the Turnberry Hotel in 1932.

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  • Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Girvan
Line closed, station open
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
  Maidens
Line and station closed

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