Kilbirnie South railway station
- Kilbirnie South railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Kilbirnie South
caption =
line = Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
manager = Caledonian Railway
locale = Kilbirnie
borough = Ayrshire
latitude = 55.7559
longitude = -4.6815
gridref = NS317546
years = 2 December 1889
events = Opened as "'Kilbirnie
years1 = 2 June 1924
events1 = Renamed "'Kilbirnie South
years2 = 1 December 1930
events2 = Closed
platforms = 2|
Kilbirnie South railway station was a railway station serving the town of Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway (L&AR).
History
The station opened 2 December 1889 and was simply known as Kilbirnie.[Butt, p. 131] Upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, the station was renamed Kilbirnie South on 2 June 1924.]The station closed to passengers almost exactly forty one years after opening on 1 December 1930,[Stansfield, p. 28] By 1936 the station remained intact but was already overgrown. [Stansfield, p. 27] ]Nothing remains of the station today.
Services
A shuttle service ran from this station to Giffen and back, with around nine return journeys per day during the week and an extra two on Saturdays.
rail line
next = Glengarnock
"Line and station closed
route = Caledonian Railway
"'Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
col = Caledonian colour
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