Irvine Bank Street railway station

Irvine Bank Street railway station was a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

For the station on the former Glasgow and South Western Railway, see Irvine railway station.

Irvine Bank Street
The former station building in 2007
Location
Place	Irvine
Area	Ayrshire
Coordinates	55.6162°N 4.6641°W / 55.6162; -4.6641
Grid reference	NS322391
Operations
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
2 June 1890	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1 February 1919	Reopened
2 July 1924	Renamed Irvine Bank Street
28 July 1930	Closed to regular services
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 station opened on 2 June 1890 and was simply known as Irvine.[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy,[1][2] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Irvine Bank Street on 2 June 1924.[1] The station closed to passengers on 28 July 1930,[1] however the line continued to be used for freight trains until 1939.[2]

Today part of the former station buildings are in use by the Irvine Times local newspaper.

References

Notes

1. Butt, page 128
2. Stansfield, page 27

Sources

• 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.
• Wark, Hugh, Webster, John and Higgins, Michael (1972). "Glimpses of a Caledonian Branch". In The Railway Magazine, Volume 118, No. 851. Pages 128 - 131. (March 1972).

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Terminus		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Bogside Line and station closed