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{{TrainStation
|name      = Fairlie Pier
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|name      = Fairlie Pier Station
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|country   = Scotland
|locale    = [[Fairlie, North Ayrshire|Fairlie]]
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|location  = [[Fairlie]]
|borough  = [[Ayrshire]]
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|county    = [[Ayrshire]]
|latitude  = 55.7633
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|lat      = 55.7633
|longitude = -4.8592  
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|operator = Glasgow and South Western Railway<br/>London Midland and Scottish Railway
|original = [[Glasgow and South Western Railway|G&SWR]] [[Largs Branch]]
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|opened    = 1 July 1882
|postgroup = [[London Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]]
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|closed   = 31 July 1972
|years    = 1 July 1882
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|status   = Demolished
|events   = Opened
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|years1   = 31 July 1972
 
|events1  = Closed
 
|platforms = 2
 
 
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'''Fairlie Pier railway station''' was a [[train station|railway station]] serving the village of [[Fairlie, North Ayrshire]], Scotland. The station allowed train passengers to link with ferry sailings to [[Great Cumbrae]] and the [[Isle of Bute]].
 
'''Fairlie Pier railway station''' was a [[train station|railway station]] serving the village of [[Fairlie, North Ayrshire]], Scotland. The station allowed train passengers to link with ferry sailings to [[Great Cumbrae]] and the [[Isle of Bute]].
  

Revision as of 02:08, 20 October 2015

Fairlie Pier Station
Location

Fairlie

Country

Scotland

County

Ayrshire

Operator

Glasgow and South Western Railway
London Midland and Scottish Railway

Opened

1 July 1882

Closed

31 July 1972

Status

Demolished

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Fairlie Pier railway station was a railway station serving the village of Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station allowed train passengers to link with ferry sailings to Great Cumbrae and the Isle of Bute.

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1882 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway as part of the extension of the former Ardrossan Railway to Largs. As well as shipping services to Millport and Bute, the pier also handled services to and from Brodick during the winter months until the 1960s. The station officially closed on 31 July 1972, however the last train had run on 1 October 1971.

Today various sidings are situated around the station site as part of an MOD facility nearby, however they are overgrown and disused. Cumbrae services now run from a terminal in Largs.


Preceding Station Historical Railways Following Station
Terminus   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Largs Branch
  Fairlie
Line closed; station open