Ayr railway station (1839–1857)

This article is about the station built in 1839. For other uses, see Ayr station.

Ayr railway station was a railway station serving the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. From October 1850, it became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

Ayr
The site of the station in 2019
General information
Location	Ayr, Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.4666°N 4.6317°W / 55.4666; -4.6317
Grid reference	NS336223
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
5 August 1839	Opened
1 July 1857	Closed

History

The terminus station opened on 5 August 1839,^[1] and closed to passengers on 1 July 1857 upon opening of the new Ayr Townhead station.^[1] The station however continued to be used by goods traffic, and in 1899 a viaduct was built to continue the line from here across the river to access the south side of the harbour.

Today almost nothing of the station remains. The stone blocks that held up the 1899 bridge to the harbour can still be seen in the River Ayr, but the bridge itself was removed in 1978.