Maybole railway station

Maybole
Maybole station from Greenside in 2005
Location
Place	Maybole
Local authority	South Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°21′17″N 4°41′08″W / 55.3546°N 4.6855°W / 55.3546; -4.6855Coordinates: 55°21′17″N 4°41′08″W / 55.3546°N 4.6855°W / 55.3546; -4.6855
Grid reference	NS298100
Operations
Station code	MAY
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	48,938
2005/06 *	50,144
2006/07 *	50,336
2007/08 *	52,672
2008/09 *	58,398
History
24 May 1860	Opened[1]
1880	Rebuilt
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maybole from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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The traditional footbridge, which had replacement sides to make it disability-compliant

Maybole railway station is a railway station serving the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The station was opened on 24 May 1860,^[1] originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway). The station replaced the original Maybole station,^[1] which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.

The station was originally a two side platform station rebuilt in 1880,^[2] with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform.^[2] When the line was singled in 1973 the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and main building remain. part of which is a local convenience store and part used by Network Rail.

Services

2008/09

A two-hourly service in each direction (with some extras) to Ayr and Girvan. From Ayr certain services continue to Glasgow (either via Paisley Gilmour Street or Kilmarnock), although there are also two daily through trains to Carlisle and Newcastle via Kilmarnock and Dumfries.

The Sunday service is limited, with three trains to Ayr and Glasgow and two to Stranraer.

From December 2009

There is a two-hourly service in each direction (with some extras) to Ayr and Girvan (seven of the latter continuing to Stranraer). From Ayr certain services continue to Glasgow (ither via Paisley Gilmour Street or Kilmarnock).

The Sunday service is limited, with three trains to Ayr and Glasgow and two to Stranraer.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Girvan		First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Ayr
	Historical railways
Connection to M&GR		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway		Cassillis Line open; station closed
Kilkerran Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway		Connection to A&MJR

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt (1995), page 157
2. ^ ^{a b} Hume, p.67

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Hume, John R. (1976). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, Vol. 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-3234-9. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.