Girvan Old railway station

Girvan Old
Girvan, Girvan Goods
Site of Girvan Old railway station
Location
Place	Terminus of original line
Coordinates	55°14′48″N 4°51′17″W / 55.246554°N 4.8546810°W / 55.246554; -4.8546810Coordinates: 55°14′48″N 4°51′17″W / 55.246554°N 4.8546810°W / 55.246554; -4.8546810
Grid reference	NX 18596 98367
Operations
Number of platforms	1
History
Original company	Maybole and Girvan Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South-Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
24 May 1860	Opened
5 October 1877	Renamed
1 April 1893	Closed
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Girvan Old railway station was a terminus station opened in Girvan by the Maybole and Girvan Railway and although ambitions existed to extend the line through to Stranraer it was built on a site that would not permit this and so when the line was built the Girvan New station was opened on 5 October 1877 by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway on the route to Pinmore and eventually through to Stranraer railway station.

The original Girvan terminus station was situated adjacent to the goods station that was established at the site. It was opened by the Maybole and Girvan Railway with only one short platform in 1860 and was retained as a goods station in 1877 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway who took over the running of the line to Stranraer. The Girvan New station was further from the town and this was not popular with passengers and it appears that trains called at either station for a short period of time. Girvan Old Station closed to regular passenger traffic on 1 April 1893 and the goods station remained in use. Another source states that Girvan New station at first only catered for the workings continuing south to Stranraer.

The remnants of the old station platform were still present in 1988 and were even visible in 2017 many years after the track was lifted.

Girvan Old had a single platform. The goods station had a number of buildings including a turntable, water column, weighing machines, engine shed that closed in 1940 and a coal yard with a bridge over the River Girvan that led to the harbour and jetty. The track was still in situ in 1989 however it had been lifted by 2014. The old Girvan terminus went out of use in the 1980s due to the poor condition of the wooden bridge over the River Girvan although ballast trains were still making use of the site.