Maidens 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 Maidens,

South Ayrshire South Ayrshire ( sco, Sooth Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir a Deas, ) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. On 30 June 2 ...

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. The station was part of the

Maidens and Dunure Light Railway The Maidens and Dunure Light Railway was a railway in Ayrshire, Scotland built to open up coastal communities by connecting them to the main line railway network. It opened in 1906 and closed to local passenger traffic in 1942, but a section se ...

History

The station opened on 17 May 1906.Butt, page 152 It closed on 1 December 1930, but reopened briefly between 4 July 1932 and 1 June 1933. The station had a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

with a small wooden building with overhanging canopies.Wham, page 12 The former station site is located next to the A719, a short distance east of the village of the same name, however the site is now a caravan park leaving no remaining trace of the station.

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* * * * Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications Disused railway stations in South Ayrshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1932 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1933 Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations {{Scotland-railstation-stub