Kilmaurs railway station

Kilmaurs National Rail

Kilmaurs station, looking towards Stewarton prior to enhancements
Location
Place Kilmaurs
Local authority East Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°38′12″N 4°31′50″W / 55.6368°N 4.5306°W / 55.6368; -4.5306Coordinates: 55°38′12″N 4°31′50″W / 55.6368°N 4.5306°W / 55.6368; -4.5306
Grid reference NS408410
Operations
Station code KLM
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2009/10 Increase 81,032
2010/11 Increase 95,982
2011/12 Increase102,142
2012/13 Increase107,264
2013/14 Decrease105,794
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
Zone K2
History
Original company Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping CR and G&SWR
Post-grouping LMS
26 June 1873 Opened[1]
7 November 1966 Closed[1]
12 May 1984 Re-opened by British Rail[1]
2009 Platform extended
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kilmaurs from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Kilmaurs railway station is a railway station in the town of Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by [Abellio [ScotRail]] and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The original Kilmaurs station was opened on 26 June 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.[1] The buildings on the Up platform (the platform for trains to Kilmarnock and the South) were destroyed by fire in 1914 and replaced by a brick building which, until its closure in 1966, was the only one in south west Scotland to be centrally heated. To the south of the station, a signal box containing 17 levers controlled the section and allowed access to a goods yard.

The station officially closed on 7 November 1966.[1] The current station opened on 12 May 1984 by British Rail.

Platform extension work started in September 2009 to cater for longer units associated with the track doubling works between Stewarton and Lugton.[2]

Being so close to Kilmarnock station the guards often failed to sell tickets to all passengers travelling to Kilmarnock. In 2012 a ticket machine was installed at the station.

Service

2016 service pattern

Since the doubling of the line between Lugton and Stewarton in December 2009 the service pattern has been:

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kilmarnock   Abellio ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
  Stewarton
Historical railways
Kilmarnock   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
  Stewarton

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Butt (1995), page 133
  2. "Network Rail Strategic Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  3. Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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