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Kilwinning, Howgate, Kilwinning East Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Kilwinning, Howgate, Kilwinning East Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kilwinning Station (Caledonian Railway); Caledonian Railway Station
Canmore ID 139829
Site Number NS34SW 55
NGR NS 3001 4339
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/139829
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilwinning
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS34SW 55 3001 4339
Station [NAT]
OS 1:10,560 map, 1897.
Not to be confused with Kilwinning (Glasgow and South-Western Rly.) Station (NS 2962 4364), for which see NS24SE 49.00.
This intermediate station on the Glasgow - Giffen - Ardrossan line of the (former) Caledonian Rly. was also the junction station for that company's branch to Irvine. It was opened (by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Rly.) on 3 September 1888, closed on 1 January 1917 and was reopened on 1 February 1919. It was renamed Kilwinning East station by the London, Midland and Scottish Rly. on 2 June 1924, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 4 July 1932.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 January 1999.
R V J Butt 1995.
