Ardrossan, North Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Ardrossan, North Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardrossan Station; Ardrossan Town Station
Canmore ID 130863
Site Number NS24SW 53
NGR NS 2298 4258
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130863
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Ardrossan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS24SW 53 2298 4258
See also NS56SE 59.00.
Station (disused) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.
This intermediate station on the Ardrossan Harbour branch of the former Caledonian Rly was opened (as Ardrossan Station) on 3 September 1888 by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Rly. It was renamed Ardrossan Town Station on 1 October 1906, closed on 1 January 1917 and reopened on 1 February 1919. It was renamed Ardrossan North Station on 2 June 1924, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 4 July 1932.
After closure, the platform canopies from this station were re-erected at Buchanan Street Station, Glasgow ((NS56SE 59.00).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 June 1998.
R V J Butt 1995.
