Maybole railway station

Maybole railway station is a railway station serving the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

Maybole
National Rail
General information
LocationMaybole, South Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°21′17″N 4°41′08″W / 55.3546°N 4.6855°W / 55.3546; -4.6855
Grid referenceNS298100
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeMAY
Key dates
24 May 1860Opened
1880Rebuilt
Passengers
2019/20Increase 94,974
2020/21Decrease 15,244
2021/22Increase 41,190
2022/23Increase 46,044
2023/24Decrease 35,930
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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The station was opened on 24 May 1860,[1] originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway). The station replaced the original Maybole station,[1] which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.

The station was originally a two side platform station rebuilt in 1880,[2] with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform.[2] When the line was singled in 1973 the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and main building remain, part of which is a local convenience store and part used by Network Rail.

December 2019

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There is a regular hourly service in both directions to Ayr and Girvan (8 of which continue to Stranraer) on Monday to Saturdays

Ten of the northbound trains continue to Kilmarnock (and two extend to Glasgow Central via Barrhead).

On Sundays there are five trains each way, northbound to Ayr and southbound to Stranraer.[3]

December 2020

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There are 12 trains per day in both directions to Ayr and Girvan(4 of which continue to Stranraer) on Monday to Saturdays.

Six of the northbound trains continue to Kilmarnock (and one extends to Glasgow Central via Barrhead).

Sunday services remain the same.[4]

January 2021

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Mon-Sat: There are nine trains per day northbound to Ayr/Kilmarnock and nine trains southbound to Girvan/Stranraer. Four trains continue to Kilmarnock. Three trains continue to Stranraer. Only the 0700 service from Stranraer continues further to Glasgow Central and the 0808 service from Glasgow Central continues to Stranraer. There is another service from Glasgow Central that terminates at Girvan at 18:56.

Sunday services remains the same.

Due to COVID-19 affecting signalling staff availability, the following services that call here were suspended/truncated in January 2021:

0621 Ayr - Girvan

0653 Girvan - Kilmarnock

1809 Glasgow Central to Stranraer

1903 Stranraer to Kilmarnock

2108 Kilmarnock - Girvan

2203 Girvan to Ayr[5]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Girvan   ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
  Ayr
  Historical railways  
Connection to M&GR   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway
  Cassillis
Line open; station closed
Kilkerran
Line open; station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Maybole and Girvan Railway
  Connection to A&MJR

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 157
  2. ^ a b Hume, p.67
  3. ^ https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/20249_ayrshire_inverclyde_and_stranraer.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/20201210/CXjba6hU8NFfjcC_PtSUArcm5SiALzB4aFNZW2OrDeA/20565_ayrshire-inverclyde_ttdec2020.pdf [dead link]
  5. ^ @ScotRail (8 January 2021). "⚠ Due to the impact of Covid on staff availability, we need to make changes to the timetable. From tomorrow (Satu…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

Sources

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  Media related to Maybole railway station at Wikimedia Commons