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Built: 4 Sep 1888
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Closed: Jul 1931
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|location    = Ardrossan
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|country      = Scotland
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|county      = North Ayrshire
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|opened      = 4th September 1888
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|closed      = July 1931
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|operator    = Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway
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|shedtype    = 4 Track Straight Dead-Ended
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|status      = Demolished
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Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway
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The Ardrossan North Shed was a brick built 4 track straight dead-ended shed with a northlight pattern slate roof. It included a 42ft turntable, a coal stage and a water tank. Sometime after the turntable was enlarged to 51ft 4in.
Location: Ayrshire
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Located to the north of Ardrossan station on the west side of the line.
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Although the shed was closed in July 1931 it was used for locomotive storage.
Construction: It was a brick built 4 track straight dead-ended shed with a northlight pattern slate roof.
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Facilities: Included a 42ft turntable, a coal stage and a water tank.
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It is unknown what date the shed was demolished.
At sometime The turntable was enlarged to 51ft 4in.
 
After Jul 1931 The shed was used for locomotive storage.
 
Demolition: Unknown
 

Revision as of 06:38, 20 October 2015

Ardrossan North Shed
Location

Ardrossan

Country

Scotland

County

North Ayrshire

Operator

Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway

Opened

4th September 1888

Closed

July 1931

Type of Shed

4 Track Straight Dead-Ended

Status

Demolished

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The Ardrossan North Shed was a brick built 4 track straight dead-ended shed with a northlight pattern slate roof. It included a 42ft turntable, a coal stage and a water tank. Sometime after the turntable was enlarged to 51ft 4in.

Although the shed was closed in July 1931 it was used for locomotive storage.

It is unknown what date the shed was demolished.