Drybridge railway station
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| Drybridge station in early 2006 | |
| Location | |
| Location | Drybridge |
| Area | Ayrshire |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Kilmarnock and Troon Railway |
| Pre-grouping company | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 6 July 1812 | Opened |
| 3 March 1969 | Closed permanently |
| Disused railway stations in Scotland | |
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Closed railway stations in Britain |
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Drybridge railway station was a railway station serving the village of Drybridge, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
[edit] History
The station was opened on 6 July 1812 by the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.[1] The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway took over management of the station on 16 July 1846,[2] while it's successor, the Glasgow and South Western Railway, took over full ownership in 1899.[3] The station closed on 3 March 1969.[1]
Today Drybridge station has its platforms intact (although overgrown), and the station building is now a private residence. The line is still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line known as the 'Burns Line'.
The village of 'Drybridge' is so named after the fact that most bridges up until the era of the railways were built over watercourses and were therefore 'wet bridges'.
Visible from the station is the only surviving standing stone on the mainland in North Ayrshire.
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.
- Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine.
| Preceding station | Historical Railways | Following station | ||
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| Barassie | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
Gatehead Line open; station closed |
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