Kilmaurs railway station

Kilmaurs
265px Kilmaurs station, looking towards Stewarton prior to enhancements
Location
Place	Kilmaurs
Local authority	East Ayrshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS408410
Operations
Station code	KLM
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	68,012
2004/05	68,299
2005/06	69,436
2006/07	72,497
2007/08	73,446
2008/09	77,640
2009/10	81,032
2010/11	95,982
2011/12	102,142
2012/13	107,264
2013/14	105,794
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
Zone	K2
History
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	CR and G&SWR
Post-grouping	LMS
26 June 1873	Opened
7 November 1966	Closed
12 May 1984	Re-opened by British Rail
2009	Platform extended
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kilmaurs from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Kilmaurs railway station is a railway station in the town of Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by [Abellio [ScotRail]] and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The original Kilmaurs station was opened on 26 June 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway. The buildings on the Up platform (the platform for trains to Kilmarnock and the South) were destroyed by fire in 1914 and replaced by a brick building which, until its closure in 1966, was the only one in south west Scotland to be centrally heated. To the south of the station, a signal box containing 17 levers controlled the section and allowed access to a goods yard.

The station officially closed on 7 November 1966. The current station opened on 12 May 1984 by British Rail.

Platform extension work started in September 2009 to cater for longer units associated with the track doubling works between Stewarton and Lugton.

Being so close to Kilmarnock station the guards often failed to sell tickets to all passengers travelling to Kilmarnock. In 2012 a ticket machine was installed at the station.

Service

2010 service pattern

Since the doubling of the line between Lugton and Stewarton in December 2009 the service pattern has been:

• Mondays to Saturdays - a mainly half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Kilmarnock, with selected services extended beyond Kilmarnock towards Carlisle, Newcastle, Girvan, Ayr and Stranraer.
• Sundays - hourly each way served by trains between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock, with a few extended south towards Dumfries and Carlisle.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kilmarnock		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Stewarton
	Historical railways
Kilmarnock		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Stewarton

Gallery

• Kilmaursauchinleck84.jpg

  Inaugural run souvenir ticket for 12 May 1984

• Kilmaurs180407a.JPG

  Looking towards Kilmarnock (note the new shelter), 2007

• Kilmaurs180407b.JPG

  Looking towards Stewarton, 2007

• Kilmaurs station approah.JPG

  Kilmaurs station approach, 2008

• Kilmaurs railway.JPG

  Kilmaurs from the Floors farm bridge

• Kilmaurs railway station - north view.JPG

  Platform extension works - looking towards Stewarton

• Kilmaurs railway station - south view.JPG

  Platform extension works - looking towards Kilmarnock

References

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

External links

• YouTube video of Kilmaurs railway station