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{{Infobox UK disused station
 
 
|name      = Bogside Moor Halt
 
|name      = Bogside Moor Halt
|image_name=  
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|caption  =
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|operator = Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway<br />Caledonian Railway
|original = [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]]
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|location  = Near Irvine
|pregroup  = [[Caledonian Railway]]
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|county   = Ayrshire
|locale    = Near [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
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|country = Scotland
|borough   = [[Ayrshire]]
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|opened = 1893 Restricted Access<br/><br />September 1909 Full Access<br />Reopened 1st February 1919
|latitude  = 55.6275
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|closed   = 1st January 1917<br /><br />Finally closed 28 July 1930
|longitude = -4.6790
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|gridref  = NS313403
 
|years1   = 1 January 1917
 
|events1  = Closed
 
|years2    = 1 February 1919
 
|events2  = Reopened
 
|years3    = 2 July 1924
 
|events3  = Renamed '''Bogside Moor Halt
 
|years4    = 28 July 1930
 
|events4  = Closed to regular services
 
|platforms = 2
 
 
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'''Bogside Moor Halt railway station''' was a [[train station|railway station]] near the town of [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]], [[North Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. The station was part of the [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]].
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'''Bogside Moor Halt''' was a railway station near the town of [[Irvine]], [[North Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. The station was part of the [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
[[File:Kidsneuk old railway bridge, Irvine.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Old railway bridge near Bogside.]]
 
[[File:Kidsneuk old railway bridge, Irvine.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Old railway bridge near Bogside.]]
Located adjacent to the [[Eglinton Country Park#The Cadgers' Racecourse|Cadgers' Racecourse]] on the town [[moorland|moor]], this station was open for restricted used by 1893 as '''Bogside Platform'''.<ref name="butt38">Butt, page 38</ref> It was renamed '''Bogside''' and opened to the general public sometime before September 1909. The station closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to [[First World War|wartime economy]],<ref name="butt38"/><ref name="stansfield27">Stansfield, page 27</ref> and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] in 1923 it was renamed Bogside Moor Halt on 2 June 1924.<ref name="butt38"/> Unusually, trains only called at this station upon request.<ref name="stansfield27"/> The station closed to passengers on 28 July 1930,<ref name="butt38"/> but the line saw use for freight trains going to [[Irvine (Bank Street) railway station|Irvine]] until 1939.<ref name="stansfield27"/>
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Located adjacent to the Cadgers' Racecourse on the town moor, this station was open for restricted used by 1893 as '''Bogside Platform'''. It was renamed '''Bogside''' and opened to the general public sometime before September 1909. The station closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to the First World War, and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] in 1923 it was renamed Bogside Moor Halt on 2 June 1924. Unusually, trains only called at this station upon request.  The station closed to passengers on 28 July 1930, but the line saw use for freight trains going to [[Irvine Bank Street Railway Station]] until 1939.
  
 
No trace of this station exists today.
 
No trace of this station exists today.
  
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=== Notes ===
 
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=== Sources ===
 
* {{Butt-Stations}}
 
* {{Stansfield-AyrRenfrew}}
 
* Wark, Hugh, Webster, John and Higgins, Michael (1972). "Glimpses of a Caledonian Branch". In ''[[The Railway Magazine]]'', '''Volume 118''', No. 851. Pages 128 - 131. (March 1972).
 
  
 
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in North Ayrshire]]
 
[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1930]]
 
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1893]]
 

Revision as of 19:57, 10 November 2015

Bogside Moor Halt
Location

Near Irvine

Country

Scotland

County

Ayrshire

Operator

Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Caledonian Railway

Opened

1893 Restricted Access

September 1909 Full Access
Reopened 1st February 1919

Closed

1st January 1917

Finally closed 28 July 1930

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Bogside Moor Halt was a railway station near the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

History

Old railway bridge near Bogside.

Located adjacent to the Cadgers' Racecourse on the town moor, this station was open for restricted used by 1893 as Bogside Platform. It was renamed Bogside and opened to the general public sometime before September 1909. The station closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to the First World War, and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 it was renamed Bogside Moor Halt on 2 June 1924. Unusually, trains only called at this station upon request. The station closed to passengers on 28 July 1930, but the line saw use for freight trains going to Irvine Bank Street Railway Station until 1939.

No trace of this station exists today.

Line Information

Preceding Station Historical Railways Following Station
Irvine
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
  Kilwinning
Line and station closed