Beith Town
Beith Town railway station
General information
Location	Beith, Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°44′50″N 4°38′16″W / 55.7471°N 4.6377°W / 55.7471; -4.6377
Grid reference	NS345535
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
26 June 1873	Opened as Beith
28 February 1953	Renamed Beith Town
5 November 1962	Closed to passengers

Beith Town railway station was a railway station serving the town of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

History[edit]

The station opened on 26 June 1873 as Beith.^[1] It was renamed Beith Town on 28 February 1953,^[1] and closed permanently to passengers on 5 November 1962.^[1] Freight services continued at the station until 1964.^[2] The station was the terminus of a five-mile branch from Lugton.^[2]

Gallery[edit]

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  The old station master's house.

Redevelopment[edit]

The station site has since been redeveloped into a housing estate.

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

Sources[edit]

• 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.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.
• Reid, Donald L. & Monahan, Isobel F. (1999). Yesterday's Beith. A Pictorial Guide. Beith : Duke of Edinburgh Award. ISBN 0-9522720-5-9. P. 71.