Irvine (Bank Street) Railway Station

For the station on the former Glasgow and South Western Railway, see Irvine railway station.

Irvine Bank Street railway station was a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

History

The station opened on 2 June 1890 and was simply known as Irvine.<ref name="butt128">Butt, page 128</ref> It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy,<ref name="butt128"/><ref name="stansfield27">Stansfield, page 27</ref> and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Irvine Bank Street on 2 June 1924.<ref name="butt128"/> The station closed to passengers on 28 July 1930,<ref name="butt128"/> however the line continued to be used for freight trains until 1939.<ref name="stansfield27"/>

Today part of the former station buildings are in use by the Irvine Times local newspaper.

References

Notes

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Sources

• 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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• 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).

Preceding Station	Historical Railways			Following Station
Terminus		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Bogside Line and station closed