Drybridge railway station

Drybridge
Drybridge station in early 2006
Location
Place	Drybridge
Area	Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°35′38″N 4°36′13″W / 55.5940°N 4.6037°W / 55.5940; -4.6037Coordinates: 55°35′38″N 4°36′13″W / 55.5940°N 4.6037°W / 55.5940; -4.6037
Grid reference	NS359364
Operations
Original company	Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
6 July 1812	Opened[1]
3 March 1969	Closed[1]
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Drybridge railway station was a railway station serving the village of Drybridge, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

History

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]

Today Drybridge station has its platforms intact (although overgrown), and the station building is now a private residence. The line is still open as 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.

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Butt (1995), page 83
2. ^ Awdry, p. 84
3. ^ Stansfield, p. 8

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5. 

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