Irvine Bank Street railway station

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Irvine Bank Street
The former station building in 2007
Location
Location Irvine
Area Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°36′58″N 4°39′51″W / 55.6162, -4.6641Coordinates: 55°36′58″N 4°39′51″W / 55.6162, -4.6641
Grid reference NS322391
Operations
Original company Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Platforms 2
History
2 June 1890 Opened
1 January 1917 Closed
1 February 1919 Reopened
2 July 1924 Renamed Irvine Bank Street
28 July 1930 Closed to regular services
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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For the station on the former Glasgow and South Western Railway, see Irvine railway station.

Irvine Bank Street railway station was a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

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[edit] History

The station opened on 2 June 1890 and was simply known as Irvine.[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy,[1][2] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Irvine Bank Street on 2 June 1924.[1] The station closed to passengers on 28 July 1930,[1] however the line continued to be used for freight trains until 1939.[2]

Today part of the former station buildings are in use by the Irvine Times local newspaper.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Butt, page 128
  2. ^ a b Stansfield, page 27

[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. 
  • Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5. 
  • Wark, Hugh, Webster, John and Higgins, Michael (1972). "Glimpses of a Caledonian Branch". In The Railway Magazine, Volume 118, No. 851. Pages 128 - 131. (March 1972).
Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Terminus   Caledonian Railway

Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

   Bogside
Line and station closed