Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier railway station

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Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier
Location
Location Ardrossan
Area Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°38′31″N 4°49′15″W / 55.6419, -4.8209Coordinates: 55°38′31″N 4°49′15″W / 55.6419, -4.8209
Grid reference NS225423
Operations
Original company Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Platforms 2
History
30 May 1890 Opened as Ardrossan Pier
1 January 1917 Closed
1 February 1919 Reopened
2 July 1924 Renamed Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier
6 May 1968 Closed
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For other railway stations in Ardrossan, see Ardrossan railway station.

Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier railway station was a railway station serving the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway (L&AR). The station was opened to compete with the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) owned station at Winton Pier on the opposite side of the harbour.

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[edit] History

The station opened on 30 May 1890 as Ardrossan Pier,[1] replacing the L&AR Ardrossan station as the new terminus for the line in Ardrossan (although that station would continue to operate as an intermediate station). It was closed from 1 January 1917 to 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy,[1][2] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, the station was renamed Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier on 2 June 1924.[1] The name change was to avoid confusion with the nearby G&SWR station of the same name, which was also incorporated into the LMS. Montgomerie Pier survived the former L&AR station closures of 1932,[3] and continued to operate until it officially closed to passengers on 6 May 1968, although the last train ran on 25 September 1967.[1] Despite track removal in 1970, the station was still intact in 1974.[4] Today Montgomerie Pier is the site of private flats overlooking the Ardrossan Marina, and no trace of the station remains.

[edit] Station description

The station consisted of two side platforms in a iron-framed wooden-clad building, and originally had a glazed roof supported on lattice girders.[4] A booking office for boats to Belfast was situated at the pier end of the platforms.[5]

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Butt, page 18
  2. ^ Stansfield, page 6
  3. ^ Stansfield, page 7
  4. ^ a b Hume, p. 42-43
  5. ^ Main, 30 secs

[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • 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. 
  • Main, W. (1968). Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier Railway Line Closure [DVD]. Glasgow, Scotland: Scottish Screen Archive.
  • Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5. 


Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Terminus   Caledonian Railway

Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

   Ardrossan Town
Line and station closed