New Cumnock railway station

New Cumnock
A train arriving from Carlisle
Location
Place	New Cumnock
Local authority	East Ayrshire
Operations
Station code	NCK
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	21,338
2005/06 *	23,088
2006/07 *	21,780
2007/08 *	19,886
2008/09 *	23,090
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
20 May 1850[1]	Opened
6 December 1965[1]	Closed
27 May 1991[1]	Reopened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at New Cumnock from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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New Cumnock railway station is a railway station serving the town of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line 45.5 miles (73.2 km) south west of Glasgow Central.

History

At one time all goods trains had to stop here for inspection before proceeding. On the bleak section beyond the station the London, Midland and Scottish Railway constructed water troughs to permit longer non-stop passenger express runs to be included in the schedules of the Scottish Division.^[2] The station closed in 1965 but was reopened in 1991.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a two-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Carlisle with three trains per day that continue through to Newcastle.

Sundays two trains a day travel in each direction towards Glasgow Central and Carlisle.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirkconnel		First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Auchinleck
	Historical railways
Kirkconnel Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway		Cumnock Line open; station closed

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt 1995, p. 169.
2. ^ Robin, G. H. (1962), The Nith Valley Route. The Railway Magazine, January P. 26.

2007 gallery

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  A Glasgow train departing towards Kirkconnel

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  New Cumnock signal box and the coal transhipment siding on the right

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  Both platforms in view and looking towards Kirkconnel

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  A view of the station from the overbridge, looking towards Auchinleck

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. 

Coordinates: 55°24′11″N 4°11′02″W / 55.403°N 4.184°W / 55.403; -4.184