Glenbuck railway station
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Glenbuck | |||||
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.jpg) Site of former Glenbuck station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | East Ayrshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°32′07″N 3°59′01″W / 55.5354°N 3.9837°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS749286 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| by October 1875 | Opened | ||||
| 4 August 1952 | Closed | ||||
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Glenbuck railway station served the village of Glenbuck in Ayrshire, Scotland.
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]