• Maidens and Dunure Light Railway was a railway in Ayrshire, Scotland built to open up coastal communities by connecting them to the main line railway...
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    Turnberry (golf course) (category Golf clubs and courses in South Ayrshire)
    own dedicated railway station. Turnberry railway station opened in 1906 and operated until 1942, when the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway line was partially...
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    Dunure railway station was a railway station serving the village of Dunure, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light...
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    The Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Before the act each...
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    Maidens railway station was a railway station serving the village of Maidens, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure...
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    formerly had its own railway station on the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. In 1991, Maidens had a population of 567. Census, 1991 "Maidens". The Gazetteer...
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    to Dunure harbour were borne by Thomas Kennedy of Dunure Esq. There was previously a Dunure railway station in the village on the Maidens and Dunure Railway:...
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  • Knoweside railway station was a railway station serving the village of Knoweside, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light...
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    Glenside railway station was a railway station near Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. The...
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  • Ayr railway station was a railway station serving the Heads of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway...
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    railway station was a railway station serving the village of Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway...
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    the Railways of the British Isles, Cassell, London, 1959 David McConnell and Stuart Rankin, Rails to Turnberry and Heads of Ayr: The Maidens & Dunure Light...
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  • Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. The station opened on 17 May 1906, and closed on 2 March 1942. The platform roof...
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  • Crossing Halt was a railway halt near Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The halt was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. Open in 1906 it...
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    the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. The main station building caught fire in January 1946 and because the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)...
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  • Midland and Scottish Railway on the former Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. The station opened on 17 May 1947, shortly before nationalisation and the formation...
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    factory was linked to the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway and the tracks were lifted in 1961. An internal narrow gauge railway system existed. It has been...
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    The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between Campbeltown and the coalmining...
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  • Maybole Old). Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway at Girvan Junction Maidens and Dunure Light Railway Girvan Junction As of 2016, passenger trains...
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  • operation in 1817 Maidens and Dunure Railway opened 17 May 1906 Paisley and Renfrew Railway opened 21 July 1835; Scotch gauge railway originally locomotive...
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    Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at...
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    The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating...
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    Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and serving...
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    Camp railway station Hersonford Kirkmichael Kirkoswald, Kirkoswald Parish Church Knokdolian Knoweside Ladybank Lendalfoot Maidens, Maidens and Dunure Light...
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    railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway;...
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    forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with a dense network of...
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    The Garve and Ullapool Railway was one of several branch railway-lines proposed for the North-West Highlands of Scotland, in the 1880s and 1890s. The project...
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  • Coast Railway was a railway line running round the southern and eastern part of the county of Fife, in Scotland. It was built in stages by four railway companies:...
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  • The Callander and Oban Railway company was established with the intention of linking the sea port of Oban to the railway network. This involved a long...
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  • Wemyss Private Railway was a network of lines, sometimes known as the Wemyss Estate Railway. The lines were a group of mineral and other railways in Fife, Scotland...
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