Beith_North_railway_station

Beith North railway station

Beith North railway station

Railway station serving the north of the town of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland

For the station on the former Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway, see Beith Town railway station.

Beith North railway station was a railway station serving the north of the town of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (later part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR), now the Ayrshire Coast Line).

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History

The station opened on 21 July 1840 when it was simply known as Beith.[1] Upon the grouping of the G&SWR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, the station was renamed Beith North on 2 June 1924.[1] The name change was to avoid confusion with the Caledonian/G&SW jointly owned nearby station of same the name, which was also incorporated into the LMS. Beith North closed permanently on 4 June 1951.[1][2]

The Railway Inn was opposite the station entrance and is now a private residence known as Kerse Bridge. The OS maps show that the road down from Beith was diverted when the railway was built; the course of the old road with its hedgerows can still be discerned.

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Butt, page 31
  2. [2]
    Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 72. OCLC 931112387.

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