Mauchline railway station

Mauchline
General information
Location	Mauchline, Ayrshire Scotland
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
9 August 1848	Opened as Mauchline
By 1887	Renamed as Mauchline for Catrine
1903	Renamed as Mauchline
6 December 1965	Closed

Mauchline railway station was a railway station serving the town of Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

History

The station opened on 9 August 1848. It was renamed Mauchline for Catrine by 1887, and renamed back to Mauchline in 1903. The station closed to passengers on 6 December 1965.[1]

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

The Garrochburn Goods Depot lay a few miles to the north and until circa 1926 a Mossgiel Tunnel Platform was located just to the north of the tunnel mouth on the Hurlford side.

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 290. OCLC 931112387.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Tarbolton Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr to Mauchline Branch		Connection with GPK&AR at Mauchline Junction
Auchinleck		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Hurlford Line open; station closed
Catrine Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Catrine Branch		Connection with GPK&AR at Brownhill Junction

External links

• Video and commentary on Mossgiel Tunnel, Air Shaft and Tunnel Cottage.

55.5090°N 4.3814°W / 55.5090; -4.3814