Tarbolton railway station

Tarbolton railway station (NGR NS440250) was a railway station about a mile and a quarter from the village of Tarbolton that it served, in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Ayr to Mauchline Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway and was the only intermediate stop on the previously double track line between Annbank and Mauchline. The line was singled in 1985 and held in reserved state before reopening with an increase in coal traffic.[1]

Tarbolton
Tarbolton station site in 2010
Location	Tarbolton, South Ayrshire Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1870	Opened
4 January 1943	Closed

The line to Ayr at the Tarbolton station overbridge.

History

The station opened on 1 September 1870, and closed to passengers on 4 January 1943. The signal box was still operational in 1963 to control the passing loop; both platforms were also in situ.

Today this line is still open as a freight line.

References

1. Rankin, Stuart (2000). "G&SWR Ayr & Cumnock Branches". Sou-West Profile. No. 4. P. 5

• 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.

External links

• Video and commentary on Tarbolton railway station.
• Video of A1 Pacific 'Tornado' passing the station on a charter.
• Tarbolton station in 1963

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Annbank Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr to Mauchline Branch		Mauchline Line open; station closed