Drybridge railway station

Drybridge railway station was a railway station serving the village of Drybridge, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

Drybridge
Drybridge station in early 2006
Location
PlaceDrybridge
AreaAyrshire
Coordinates55.5940°N 4.6037°W / 55.5940; -4.6037
Grid referenceNS359364
Operations
Original companyKilmarnock and Troon Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow and South Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
6 July 1812Opened[1]
3 March 1969Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History
The site of the old goods yard.

The station was opened on 6 July 1812 by the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.[1] The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway took over management of the station on 16 July 1846,[2] while its successor, the Glasgow and South Western Railway, took over full ownership in 1899.[3] The station closed on 3 March 1969.[1]

The station named 'Drybridge' in Moray was renamed 'Letterfourie' by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway who had acquired both stations.[4]

Today Drybridge station has its platforms intact (although overgrown), and the station building is now a private residence. The line is still open as the 'Burns Line', part of the Glasgow South Western Line.

The village of 'Drybridge' is so named after the fact that most bridges up until the era of the railways were built over watercourses and were therefore 'wet bridges'; a name applied to the nearby Laigh Milton Viaduct.

Visible from the station is the only surviving standing stone on the mainland in North Ayrshire.

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References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), page 83
  2. Awdry, p. 84
  3. Stansfield, p. 8
  4. Wilkinson, Page 58

Sources
  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.
  • Wilkinson, Brian (1988). The Heilan Line. The Portessie Branch of the Highland Railway. Dornoch : Dornoch Press. ISBN 0-9513358-2-0.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Barassie
Line and station open		   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
   Gatehead
Line open; station closed
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