Luffness Platform railway station

Luffness Platform (also known as Luffness Golf Club Halt[1]) served a golf course near Gullane in Scotland. It was served by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick railway. This line diverged from the North British Railway Main Line at Aberlady Junction, east of the current Longniddry station. For the private use of members of the Luffness Golf Club, this unstaffed halt was opened in 1898 and closed in 1932. Passengers alighting had to inform the train guard at Gullane or Aberlady and passengers joining the train there had to request it to stop by hand signals.

Luffness Platform
LocationNear Gullane, East Lothian
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 April 1898[1] or 1 September 1903[2]Opened
12 September 1932Closed[1]
or 1 June 1931Closed [2]

History

Opened by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway, it was absorbed by the North British Railway. Then station passed on to the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Gullane
Line and Station closed		   North British Railway
Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway
   Aberlady
Line and Station closed

References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), page 150
  2. http://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf

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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • RAILSCOT on Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway
  • East Lothian Museums on Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway

Hajducki, A. The North Berwick and Gullane Branch Lines, Oakwood Press, 1992


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