Ardrossan Town Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Ardrossan Town Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardrossan (Town) Station; Ardrossan Station
Canmore ID 41122
Site Number NS24SW 29
NGR NS 2310 4212
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41122
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Ardrossan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS24SW 29 2310 4212
(Location cited as NS 231 421). Ardrossan (Town) Station, rebuilt c. 1890 by the Glasgow and South-Western Rly. Formerly a 6-platform through and terminal station, with a bay platform at the north end. The main platforms are on the up platform in a 1- and 2-storey ashlar building.
J R Hume 1976.
This intermediate station on the Ardrossan Harbour branch of the Glasgow and South-Western Rly was opened (as Ardrossan Station) by the Ardrossan and Johnstone Rly in 1831. It was renamed Ardrossan Town Station on 2 March 1953 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 1 January 1968.
The new (British Rail) Ardrossan Town 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.
