Lugton High Railway Station

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For the station on the former Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway see Lugton railway station.

Lugton High railway station was a railway station serving the hamlet of Lugton, East Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

History[edit]

The station opened on 1 May 1903 and was simply known as Lugton.<ref name="butt150">Butt, page 150</ref> It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy,<ref name="butt150"/> and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, it was renamed Lugton High on 2 June 1924.<ref name="butt150"/> The station closed to passengers on 4 July 1932.<ref>Butt, page 151</ref>

Little remains of this station today, aside from the stationmaster's house and related buildings, the abutments of a bridge crossing the A735 to the south, and a large embankment to the north.

Gree Goods station was located between Lugton and Barrmill, just to the south of the now demolished Gree Viaduct and near the clachan of that name.


Preceding Station Historical Railways Following Station
Giffen
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
  Uplawmoor
Line and station closed

2007 gallery[edit]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

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Sources[edit]

  • 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)
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • RAILSCOT on Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway