Kilbirnie railway station

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Kilbirnie
The remains of Kilbirnie in 2008
Location
Location	Kilbirnie
Area	Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°45′19″N 4°40′42″W / 55.7553, -4.6782Coordinates: 55°45′19″N 4°40′42″W / 55.7553, -4.6782
Grid reference	NS320545
Operations
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1905	Opened
27 June 1966	Closed
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Kilbirnie railway station was a railway station serving the town of Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

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The station opened on 1 June 1905,^[1] and closed to passengers on 27 June 1966.^[1] The station's island platform remains in place and intact, however the trackbed is now part of National Cycle Route 7.

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1. ^ ^{a b} Butt, p. 131

[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. 

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Dalry Line closed; station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Dalry and North Johnstone Line		Lochwinnoch Line and station closed