Maidens railway station

Maidens
Location
Place	Maidens
Area	Ayrshire
Operations
Original company	Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
17 May 1906	Opened
1 December 1930	Closed
4 July 1932	Reopened
1 June 1933	Closed
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Maidens railway station was a railway station serving the village of Maidens, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

History

The station opened on 17 May 1906.^[1] It closed on 1 December 1930,^[1] but reopened briefly between 4 July 1932 and 1 June 1933.^[1]

The station had a single island platform with a small wooden building with overhanging canopies.^[2] The former station site is located next to the A719, a short distance east of the village of the same name, however the site is now a caravan park leaving no remaining trace of the station.^[2]

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt, page 152
2. ^ ^{a b} Wham, page 12

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. 
• 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. 
• Wham, Alasdair (1997). The Lost Railway Lines of Ayrshire : Ayrshire Railway Walks. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. ISBN 1-8723-5027-5. OCLC 38356283. 

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Turnberry Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Maidens and Dunure Light Railway		Glenside Line and station closed

Coordinates: 55°19′50″N 4°48′22″W / 55.33053°N 4.80620°W / 55.33053; -4.80620