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Kilwinning Railway Station in 1950s
Steam locomotive 42739 pulling a freight train, captured here right between the station sign and the signal box.
Kilwinning railway station was opened in 1840 by Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway as an interchange serving traffic from Glasgow, Ayr and Ardrossan.
It is situated on the Ayrshire Coast Line and the four platform station is still serving Kilwinning, Scotland.
Photo © The Step Back Through Time Collection
Picture added on 27 December 2009
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Step back through Time, trains and stations
The locomotive is a Hughes 2-6-0 built for the LMS and classified by British Railways as 6P5F; known to many as a 'Crab'. I assume that the freight is heading towards Ayr; the junction with the Ardrossan line is probably beyond the brake van seen on the extreme left. There was a second Kilwinning Station - Kilwinning East, on a Caledonian Railway branch, which also ran to Ardrossan, but I understand this was closed circa 1930
Added by Martin Bodman on 20 January 2010
Kilwinning. Same viewpoint but with a wider angle, showing the junction with the Ardrossan line - shot by Ben Brooksbank here: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2201102
Added by Martin Bodman on 20 December 2010
There was indeed a second station in Kilwinning called Kilwinning East this station sat where the Cornerstone church and Caley House now sit (Caley House being an obvious reference to the site of the old station) the only remainder of the old Caley line is a viaduct to the north of the town , the original station having closed in 1932 and been demolished in 1955 although boat trains through to Ardrossan continued to use the line until 1947 , a picture exists of this station I use it as my screensaver just google Kilwinning East Station. All the best. James.
Added by James Connell on 21 February 2011
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