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Maybole
Maybole station from Greenside in 2005.
Location
Place	Maybole
Local authority	South Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°21′17″N 4°41′08″W / 55.3546, -4.6855Coordinates: 55°21′17″N 4°41′08″W / 55.3546, -4.6855
Grid reference	NS298100
Operations
Station code	MAY
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	48,938
2005/06 *	50,144
2006/07 *	50,336
History
24 May 1860	Opened
1880	Rebuilt
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maybole from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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The traditional footbridge bridge, which had replacement sides to make it disability-compliant.

Maybole railway station is a railway station serving the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The station was opened on 24 May 1860,¹ originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway). The station replaced the original Maybole station,¹ which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.

The station was originally a two side platform station rebuilt in 1880,² with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform.². When the line was singled the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and building remains, but is no longer used by the station.

Services

There is a two-hourly service in each direction (with some extras) to Ayr and Girvan. From Ayr certain services continue to Glasgow (either direct or via Kilmarnock), although there are also two daily through trains to Carlisle and Newcastle via Kilmarnock & Dumfries.

The Sunday service is limited, with three trains to Ayr & Glasgow and two to Stranraer.

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt, p. 157
2. ^ ^{a b} Hume, p.67

Sources

• Butt, R.V.J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st Edition, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

• Hume, John R. (1976). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, Vol. 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-3234-9. 

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