Maidens railway station

Maidens
General information
Location	Maidens, Ayrshire Scotland
Grid reference	NS220076
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
17 May 1906	Opened
1 December 1930	Closed
4 July 1932	Reopened
1 June 1933	Closed

Maidens railway station was a railway station serving the village of Maidens, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

The station opened on 17 May 1906.^[1] It closed on 1 December 1930,^[1] but reopened briefly between 4 July 1932 and 1 June 1933.^[1]

The station had a single island platform with a small wooden building with overhanging canopies.^[2] The former station site is located next to the A719, a short distance east of the village of the same name, however the site is now a caravan park leaving no remaining trace of the station.^[2]

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Wham, Alasdair (1997). The Lost Railway Lines of Ayrshire : Ayrshire Railway Walks. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. ISBN 1-8723-5027-5. OCLC 38356283.
• Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications

55°19′49″N 4°48′26″W / 55.3304°N 4.8073°W / 55.3304; -4.8073

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