Glengarnock High railway station was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

serving the village of Glengarnock,

North Ayrshire North Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Àir a Tuath, ) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. The council area borders Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire to the northeast, and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the east and so ...

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as part of the

Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway The Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway (L&AR) was an independent railway company built to provide the Caledonian Railway with a shorter route for mineral traffic from the coalfields of Lanarkshire to Ardrossan Harbour, in Scotland. It opened in st ...

History

The station opened 2 December 1889 and was simply known as Glengarnock.Butt, page 104 Upon the grouping of the L&AR into the

London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...

in 1923, the station was renamed Glengarnock High on 2 June 1924. The station closed to passengers almost exactly forty one years after opening on 1 December 1930, however freight services remained until 1945.Stansfield, page 28

Services

A shuttle service ran via this station on the way to Giffen from

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and back, with around nine return journeys per day during the week and an extra two on Saturdays.

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* * * {{end box Disused railway stations in North Ayrshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 Former Caledonian Railway stations Garnock Valley