Kilmaurs railway station

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

Kilmaurs Scottish Gaelic: Cill Mhàrais[1]
Kilmaurs station, looking towards Stewarton prior to enhancements
General information
Location	Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.6368°N 4.5306°W / 55.6368; -4.5306
Grid reference	NS408410
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	KLM
Fare zone	K2
History
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	CR and G&SWR
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
26 June 1873	Opened[2]
7 November 1966	Closed[2]
12 May 1984	Re-opened by British Rail[2]
2009	Platform extended
Passengers
2019/20	115,274
2020/21	10,072
2021/22	46,196
2022/23	58,302
2023/24	69,916
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The original Kilmaurs station was opened on 26 June 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.^[2] 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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

2019 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 either Carlisle or 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.^[4]

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

Gallery

• 
  Inaugural run souvenir ticket for 12 May 1984
• 
  Looking towards Kilmarnock (note the new shelter), 2007
• 
  Looking towards Stewarton, 2007
• 
  Kilmaurs station approach, 2008
• 
  Kilmaurs from the Floors farm bridge
• 
  Platform extension works - looking towards Stewarton
• 
  Platform extension works - looking towards Kilmarnock

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), page 133
3. "Network Rail Strategic Plan" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
4. Table 222 National Rail timetable, December 2019

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

External links

• YouTube video of Kilmaurs railway station