Turnberry railway station

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Turnberry
Location
Location	Turnberry Golf Course
Area	Ayrshire
Operations
Original company	Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
17 May 1906	Opened
2 March 1942	Closed
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Turnberry railway station was a railway station serving the Turnberry Golf Course and its associated hotel, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

Contents 1 History 2 References 2.1 Notes 2.2 Sources

[edit] History

The station opened on 17 May 1906,^[1] and closed on 2 March 1942.^[1] The platform roof was sold to Dumbarton F.C. in 1957 and used as a terrace cover at the football club's former ground at Boghead Park.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt, page 235
2. ^ Wham, page 12

[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. 

• Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

• Wham, Alasdair (1997). The Lost Railway Lines of Ayrshire : Ayrshire Railway Walks. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. ISBN 1-8723-5027-5. OCLC 38356283. 

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Girvan Line closed, station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Maidens and Dunure Light Railway		Maidens Line and station closed