Muirkirk, Old Station
Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Muirkirk, Old Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 139854
Site Number NS62NE 44
NGR NS 692 263
NGR Description NS c. 692 263
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Muirkirk
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS62NE 44 c. 692 263
This station was opened on 9 August 1848 as the terminus of the Muirkirk branch of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rly. (later absorbed into the Glasgow and South-Western Rly). It was replaced in 1896 by the station NS62NE 45 and is not noted on the OS 1:10,560 map of 1897.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 January 1999.
R V J Butt 1995.