Lugton railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Lugton
other_name=


caption =
line = Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
manager = Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
locale = Lugton
borough = Ayrshire
latitude = 55.7435
longitude = -4.5274
gridref = NS414529
years = 27 March 1871
events = Opened
years1 = 7 November 1966
events1 = Closed to passengers
platforms = 2|:"For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway see Lugton High railway station."

Lugton railway station was a railway station serving the hamlet of Lugton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

History

The station opened on 27 March 1871,Butt, page 151] and closed permanently to passengers on 7 November 1966.

Today the line still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line.

Current operations

Today the line to Beith (now singled) is still in existence until just before the site of Barrmill railway station, where it then heads south along the original route of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway until it reaches DM Beith. DM Beith reportly no longer require the rail connection and its removal at Lugton could allow an extension of the proposed dynamic loop on the Glasgow South Western Line, which had been planned to run only between Dunlop and Stewarton stations. The loop would allow half-hourly services to run between Glasgow and Kilmarnock. [Johnson, page 1]

References

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Sources

*Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
*cite web|author=Johnson, I.|title=Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan & Transportation Committee Report|date=2005-03-04|url=http://www.ayrshire-jsu.gov.uk/download/Kilmarnock_Rail_Service.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2006-12-08

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