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Ardrossan, Winton Pier Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Ardrossan, Winton Pier Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardrossan Winton Pier Station; Ardrossan Harbour Station; Ardrossan Pier Station
Canmore ID 130859
Site Number NS24SW 51
NGR NS 2242 4220
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130859
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Ardrossan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS24SW 51 2242 4220
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OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.
See also NS24SW 36.00.
This station formed the terminus of the Ardrossan Harbour branch of the Glasgow and South-Western Rly and opened (as Ardrossan Pier Station) by that company on 27 July 1840, was renamed Ardrossan Winton Pier Station on 2 June 1924 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 6 May 1968.
The new (British Rail) Ardrossan Harbour station was opened on the same site on 19 January 1987 and remains in regular passenger use.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 June 1998.
R V J Butt 1968.
