Ryeland railway station
Ryeland railway station | |
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The site of the station and goods yard | |
General information | |
Location | Ryeland, South Lanarkshire Scotland |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Darvel and Strathaven Railway |
Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway Caledonian Railway |
Key dates | |
1 May 1905 | opened |
January 1917 | closed |
December 1922 | reopened |
11 September 1939 | Officially closed to passengers and goods |
Ryeland (NS 65545 40364) was a railway station on the Darvel and Strathaven Railway serving a rural area in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
History
On 4 July 1905 the line opened, thereby connecting the Darvel Branch that ran from Kilmarnock, resulting in the line becoming a through route to Strathaven which was a line jointly run between the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) and the Caledonian Railway (CR). The CR owned the Loudounhill to Strathaven section and the G&SWR owned the section from Loudounhill to Darvel and beyond[1]
Despite being a through route, no trains ran between Kilmarnock and Strathaven;[2] instead, the two companies took it in turns to run the line between Darvel and Strathaven every six months.[2] Stations were also located at Drumclog and Loudounhill. The line was never successful and closed in 1939 and the track lifted in 1951.[1]
The station had a signal box on the platform and a wooden waiting room and ticket office. The station had an island platform and steps from the overbridge gave passengers access. Several sidings with a large goods shed were present. Ryelands Creamery was located nearby.[3] The goods shed and creamery building were still present in 2012.
The nominal junction between the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway was at the county boundary at Loudounhill Station. The closed line was used to store hundreds of damaged railway waggons that were awaiting repair.[4]
The line had been intended as a through route between Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, however there was very little traffic along the route as the population in the area was very low. The station was closed from September until November 1909 and then again from January 1917 until December 1922. As stated, the last train ran on 10 September 1939, however the official closing date was two weeks later.[5]
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References
- Notes
- Sources
- 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.
- Sellar, W.S. & Stevenston, J. L. (1981). The Last Trains. (3) South-West Scotland. Edinburgh : Moorfoot Publishing. ISBN 0-906606-03-9.
- Stansfield, Gordon (1997). Lanarkshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree : Stenlake. ISBN 978-1-872074-96-2.
- Stansfield, Gordon (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree : Stenlake. ISBN 1-84033-077-5.
- Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. V.6, Scotland. David & Charles : Newton Abbot. ISBN 0-7153-5408-6.
Previous and next stations
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Strathaven Central | Glasgow and South Western Railway / Caledonian Railway Darvel and Strathaven Railway |
Drumclog |
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