Lugton railway station

Lugton
General information
Location	Lugton, Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°44′37″N 4°31′39″W / 55.7435°N 4.5274°W / 55.7435; -4.5274
Grid reference	NS414529
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
27 March 1871	Opened
7 November 1966	Closed to passengers

Lugton railway station was a railway station serving the hamlet of Lugton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

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History

The station opened on 27 March 1871,^[1] and closed permanently to passengers on 7 November 1966.^[1]

Today the line still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line.

Current operations

Today the line to Beith (now singled and heavily overgrown) is still in existence until just before the site of Barrmill railway station, where it then heads south along the original route of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway until it reaches DM Beith. DM Beith reportedly no longer require the rail connection and its removal at Lugton has allowed an extension of the proposed dynamic loop on the Glasgow South Western Line, which had been planned to run only between Dunlop and Stewarton stations. The loop allows half-hourly services to run between Glasgow and Kilmarnock.^[2]

The new 5 1/3-mile double-track loop portion was duly commissioned in September 2009, with the old Beith line disconnected as part of the work. The section is under the control of Lugton signal box and is designed for bi-directional operation.^{[citation needed]}

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Butt, page 151
^ Johnson, page 1

Sources

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Johnson, I. (4 March 2005). "Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan & Transportation Committee Report" (PDF). Retrieved 8 December 2006.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Barrmill Line and station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Caldwell Line open; station closed
Dunlop		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Caldwell Line open; station closed

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