Maybole railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Maybole, South Ayrshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°21′17″N 4°41′08″W / 55.3546°N 4.6855°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS298100 | ||||
| Manager | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | MAY | ||||
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| 24 May 1860 | Opened | ||||
| 1880 | Rebuilt | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  15,244 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  41,190 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 46,044 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 35,930 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 35,058 | ||||
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Maybole railway station is a railway station serving the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.
History
The station was opened on 24 May 1860,[1] originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway). The station replaced the original Maybole station,[1] which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.
The station was originally a two side platform station rebuilt in 1880,[2] with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform.[2] When the line was singled in 1973 the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and main building remain, part of which is a local convenience store and part used by Network Rail.
Services
On weekdays and Saturdays northbound, there is a mostly hourly service to Ayr, with some two-hour gaps (14 departures per day in total). Six of these trains continue past Ayr to Kilmarnock, of which one continues onward to Glasgow Central. There is a mostly hourly service to Girvan southbound, with some two-hour gaps. Five of these trains per day continue past Girvan and terminate at Stranraer.[3]
On Sundays, there is a limited service of five trains a day each way, running northbound to Ayr and southbound to Stranraer.[3]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Girvan | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Ayr | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Connection to M&GR | Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway |
Cassillis Line open; station closed | ||
| Kilkerran Line open; station closed |
Glasgow and South Western Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway |
Connection to A&MJR | ||
References
Notes
Sources
- 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.
- Hume, John R. (1976). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, Vol. 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-3234-9.
- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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