Gree Goods station

Opened by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway, then joining the Caledonian Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923.

Gree Goods station lay down the line that ran towards Barrmill and the station and junction of Giffen.^[1] It was supervised by staff at Lugton High Station. Trains ran along this line until 17 December 1950 when the line from Lugton High via Gree to Giffen Junction was taken out of use.^[4] By 1958 the Gree sidings had been lifted.^[3]

The goods station at Gree opened 1 May 1903 ^[2] and had closed by 1950.^[4] A similar goods station was located down the line beyond Auchenmade station at Lissens.

In 1907 the Caledonian Railway Working Timetable (WTT) shows that the 12.10pm goods from Gushetfaulds to Ardrossan via Cathcart worked Gree siding. The May 1915 'appendix' to the WTT states that - The Siding must only be worked during daylight and not during a Fog or Snowstorm. The Points Locking Frame is secured by a padlock. The Key of the Box in which the Points Locking Frame is placed, is in the custody of the Signalman at Lugton Station.

Brakesmen of Trains having work to do at this place must get the Key from him and hand it in on arrival at Giffen to the Station Master, who will return it by first train. The Signalman at Lugton Station Box will signal the train forward as per clause (b) of Block telegraph Regulations.

Railway workers cottages were never built at the site probably as the facility was small and this area had good transport being located on the A736 Lochlibo and the village of Lugton was nearby. The Gree Goods station site was located partly in a cutting and the whole site became an infill in the later 20th century so that nothing remains visible apart from the two typical 'Concrete Bob's' McAlpine's concrete road overbridges and the railway cutting on the other side of the minor road to Brownhill Farm. Gree Viaduct was demolished in 2002.^[5]

• 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.
• Wham, Alasdair (2013). Ayrshire's Forgotten Railways. A Walker's Guide. Cranborne : Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-729-7.
• RAILSCOT on Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
• Good's station site on navigable O.S. map

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