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{{Infobox UK disused station
|name = Giffen
|image_name = Giffen station.jpg
|caption = The remains of Giffen station in 2006
|line = [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]]
|manager = [[Caledonian Railway]]
|platforms = 3
|locale = Near [[Barrmill]]
|borough = [[Ayrshire]]
|latitude = 55.7202
|longitude = -4.6125
|gridref = NS359505
|years = 3 September 1888
|events = Opened as '''Kilbirnie Junction'''
|years1 = 1 October 1889
|events1 = Renamed '''Giffen'''
|years2 = 4 July 1932
|events2 = Closed
}}
'''Giffen railway station''' was a [[railway station]] approximately one mile south-west of the village of [[Barrmill]], [[North Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. The station was part of the [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]].

== History ==
[[Image:Giffen station sign.JPG|left|thumb|upright|Old sign for munitions traffic operations]]
The station opened on 3 September 1888 and was known as '''Kilbirnie Junction''', however it was renamed Giffen on 1 October 1889.<ref>Butt, page 131</ref> Giffen had three platforms, a small station building, and at one point at least seven members of staff.<ref name="R56">Reid & Monahan, Page 56</ref> A one time station master was Mr Willie Haining and his son Billy was born in the station master's house in April 1934.<ref>Reid, Page 35</ref> The station had large concrete letters spelling out the name with, oddly, a [[triskelion]] or Isle of Man symbol set between the two words. Sunday school pupils would walk to the station from Barrmill for a day out in [[Saltcoats]].<ref>Reid & Monahan, Page 56</ref> Giffen station closed on 4 July 1932.<ref>Butt, page 102</ref>

Today (2011) the three platforms of Giffen station still exist (although overgrown and in disrepair), and a single intact railway line runs through the station from [[Lugton]] to [[Royal Naval Armaments Depot|DM Beith]]. This track was used regularly to transport supplies into the base, however the track became disused in 1996 and the majority is now overgrown. The connection with the main line at Lugton was lifted in 2008 as part of the track doubling operations on the Lugton to Stewarton section of the Glasgow to Carlisle via Dumfries railway line.

The track near Lugton did see one more recent use on 2 September 2000 when it was used in a rail crash simulation in order to test emergency response times as a result of the [[Ladbroke Grove rail crash|Paddington rail crash]] in 1999.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/906214.stm "Rail disaster plan test"], BBC News, 2 September 2000.</ref>

A footpath on old OS maps as running from the nearby [[Nettlehirst]] house down to the station and then to the Gatend and South Barr road via an overbridge.

A feature of WWII was the use of the line for what locals called the night time 'Ghost Trains' that carried injured service personnel to the Glasgow hospitals from where they had been landed at the port of Ardrossan.

== Views of the station in 2008 ==
<gallery>
File:Giffen Station, Ayrshire.jpg|Giffen station in the late 19th century
Image:Giffen railway from overbridge.JPG |Looking towards Barrmill from the Giffen overbridge
Image:Giffen station from overbridge.JPG|Giffen station from the overbridge
Image:Giffen station facing Barrmill.JPG |Giffen station looking towards Barrmill
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Barmill Sunday School outing to Stevenson.jpg|Sunday School group walking to Giffen station from Barrmill
Image:Giffen station points.JPG |Pointwork and an old security gate
Image:Giffen station blastwall.JPG |An old blast wall next to the station. The OS maps show that a railway line ran from near here to the Lime Kilns at Nettlehirst until at least 1912.
Image:Giffen station workmens hut.JPG|Workmen's hut near the blast wall. One of the old Nettlehirst Lime kilns is visible in the background.
</gallery>

===Workings details===
In 1907 the Caledonian Railway Working Timetable (WTT) states that in relation to the nearby [[Gree Goods station]] :

''Brakesmen of Trains having work to do at this place must get the Key from him and hand it in on arrival at Giffen to the Station Master, who will return it by first train. The Signalman at Lugton Station Box will signal the train forward as per clause (b) of Block telegraph Regulations''.

== References ==
;Notes
{{refbegin}}
<references/>
{{refend}}
{{commons cat|Giffen station}}
;Sources
{{refbegin}}
# {{Butt-Stations}}
# {{Jowett-Atlas}}
# {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
# Reid, Donald L. & Monahan, I.F. (eds.) (1999). ''Yesterday's Beith: A Pictorial Guide'', Printall, Glasgow. ISBN 0-9522720-5-9.
# Reid, Donald L. (2010). ''Beith, Barrmill & Gateside. Precious memories''. ISBN 978-0-9566343-1-3.
{{refend}}
{{Historical Rail Start}}
{{rail line two to one
|previous1 = {{stnlnk|Brackenhills}} ''Line and station closed
|previous2 = {{stnlnk|Auchenmade}} ''Line and station closed
|next = [[Lugton High railway station|Lugton]] ''Line and station closed
|route1 = [[Caledonian Railway]] [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]]
|route2 = [[Caledonian Railway]] [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]]
|col = {{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}}
}}
{{end box}}

==External Links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvNury6zap8 YouTube video of Giffen Station]

[[Category:Disused railway stations in North Ayrshire]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1888]]
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 == History ==
 [[Image:Giffen station sign.JPG|left|thumb|upright|Old sign for munitions traffic operations]]
-The station opened on 3 September 1888 and was known as '''Kilbirnie Junction''', however it was renamed Giffen on 1 October 1889.<ref>Butt, page 131</ref> Giffen had three platforms, a small station building, and at one point at least seven members of staff.<ref name="R56">Reid & Monahan, Page 56</ref> A one time station master was Mr Willie Haining and his son Billy was born in the station master's house in April 1934.<ref>Reid, Page 35</ref> The station had large concrete letters spelling out the name with, oddly, a [[triskelion]] or Isle of Man symbol set between the two words. Sunday school pupils would walk to the station from Barrmill for a day out in [[Saltcoats]].<ref>Reid & Monahan, Page 56</ref> Giffen station closed on 4 July 1932.<ref>Butt, page 102</ref>
+The station opened on 3 September 1888 and was known as '''Kilbirnie Junction''', however it was renamed Giffen on 1 October 1889. Giffen had three platforms, a small station building, and at one point at least seven members of staff. A one time station master was Mr Willie Haining and his son Billy was born in the station master's house in April 1934. The station had large concrete letters spelling out the name with, oddly, a triskelion or Isle of Man symbol set between the two words. Sunday school pupils would walk to the station from Barrmill for a day out in [[Saltcoats]]. Giffen station closed on 4 July 1932.
-Today (2011) the three platforms of Giffen station still exist (although overgrown and in disrepair), and a single intact railway line runs through the station from [[Lugton]] to [[Royal Naval Armaments Depot|DM Beith]]. This track was used regularly to transport supplies into the base, however the track became disused in 1996 and the majority is now overgrown. The connection with the main line at Lugton was lifted in 2008 as part of the track doubling operations on the Lugton to Stewarton section of the Glasgow to Carlisle via Dumfries railway line.
+Today (2011) the three platforms of Giffen station still exist (although overgrown and in disrepair), and a single intact railway line runs through the station from [[Lugton]] to [[DM Beith]]. This track was used regularly to transport supplies into the base, however the track became disused in 1996 and the majority is now overgrown. The connection with the main line at Lugton was lifted in 2008 as part of the track doubling operations on the Lugton to Stewarton section of the Glasgow to Carlisle via Dumfries railway line.
-The track near Lugton did see one more recent use on 2 September 2000 when it was used in a rail crash simulation in order to test emergency response times as a result of the [[Ladbroke Grove rail crash|Paddington rail crash]] in 1999.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/906214.stm "Rail disaster plan test"], BBC News, 2 September 2000.</ref>
+The track near Lugton did see one more recent use on 2 September 2000 when it was used in a rail crash simulation in order to test emergency response times as a result of the Paddington rail crash in 1999.
 A footpath on old OS maps as running from the nearby [[Nettlehirst]] house down to the station and then to the Gatend and South Barr road via an overbridge.
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-{{Infobox UK disused station
+{{TrainStation
-|name       = Giffen
+|name       = Giffen Station
-|image_name = Giffen station.jpg
+|image  = [[File:Giffen station.jpg|270px]]
-|caption    = The remains of Giffen station in 2006
+|operator     = Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
-|line       = [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]]
+|location     = Near Barrmill
-|manager    = [[Caledonian Railway]]
+|county    = North Ayrshire
-|platforms  = 3
+|opened     = 3rd September 1888
-|locale     = Near [[Barrmill]]
+|closed     = 4th July 1932
-|borough    = [[Ayrshire]]
+{{#display_map: 55.7202,-4.6125|mappingservice=leaflet|zoom=14}}
 }}
 '''Giffen railway station''' was a [[railway station]] approximately one mile south-west of the village of [[Barrmill]], [[North Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. The station was part of the [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]].
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 Image:Giffen station blastwall.JPG |An old blast wall next to the station. The OS maps show that a railway line ran from near here to the Lime Kilns at Nettlehirst until at least 1912.
 Image:Giffen station workmens hut.JPG|Workmen's hut near the blast wall. One of the old Nettlehirst Lime kilns is visible in the background.
 </gallery>
 ===Workings details===
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 ''Brakesmen of Trains having work to do at this place must get the Key from him and hand it in on arrival at Giffen to the Station Master, who will return it by first train. The Signalman at Lugton Station Box will signal the train forward as per clause (b) of Block telegraph Regulations''.
-== References ==
+==Line Information==
-;Notes
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