Glenbuck railway station

Former railway station in Scotland

55°32′07″N 3°59′01″W / 55.5354°N 3.9837°W / 55.5354; -3.9837Grid referenceNS749286Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyCaledonian RailwayPre-groupingCaledonian RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey datesby October 1875Opened4 August 1952Closed

Glenbuck railway station served the village of Glenbuck in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Opening

Railway Junctions in Callander, Muirkirk, Partick, Stobcross & Wick pre grouping (Glenbuck is top right)

The Caledonian Railway extended a line from Douglas to Muirkirk (on the Glasgow and South Western Railway), opening it for freight on 1 January 1873. The line was opened to passengers on 1 June 1874 with the Caledonian Railway having running powers from Muirkirk Junction to Muirkirk.[1][2]

The station opened sometime before October 1875 as from that time it appeared in Bradshaw's timetables.[3]

Location

The station had a single platform to the north of the single track railway, two goods sidings to the west and one to the east all north of the running line. [4] The siding to the east had been removed and one of the western ones extended by 1908.[5]

To the east of the station the line went over a causeway skirting the edge of Glenbuck Loch.[6]

Closure

The station closed on 4 August 1952.[3] The line remained open for passengers and freight until 5 October 1964, when it closed, a casualty of the programme of closures advocated by the Beeching Report.[7][8]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Inches
Line and station closed 		  Caledonian Railway   Muirkirk
Glasgow and South Western Railway
Line and station closed

References

Citations

  1. ^ Thomas & Paterson 1984, p. 153.
  2. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1969, pp. I & 114.
  3. ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 209.
  4. ^ "Glenbuck station on OS 25 inch map Ayrshire XXXI.3 (Douglas; Muirkirk)". National Library of Scotland. 1896. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Glenbuck station on OS 25 inch map Ayrshire XXXI.3 (Douglas; Muirkirk)". National Library of Scotland. 1909. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Ayrshire Villages: Glenbuck Dam". AyrshireHistory.com. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  7. ^ Quick 2022, p. 325 (Muirkirk).
  8. ^ Beeching 1963, p. 102.

Bibliography

  • Beeching, Richard (1963). "The Reshaping of British Railways" (PDF). HMSO.
  • Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  • The Railway Clearing House (1969) [1915]. The Railway Clearing House Official Railway Junction Diagrams 1915 (1969 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-4347-5.
  • Thomas, John; Paterson, Rev A. J. S. (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-9465-3712-7. OCLC 12521072.
  • "Glenbuck station". Railscot.