Maybole railway station is a

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serving the town of

Maybole Maybole is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of in . It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The town is bypass ...

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 is owned by

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and managed by

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and is on the

Glasgow South Western Line The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride. History The line was built by several railway compan ...

History

The station was opened on 24 May 1860,Butt (1995), page 157 originally as part of the

Maybole and Girvan Railway The Maybole and Girvan Junction Railway was a railway company that constructed a line between Maybole and Girvan. Although promoted independently, it was supported by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, and was seen as part of a trunk line con ...

(worked and later owned by the

Glasgow and South Western Railway The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) was a railway company in Scotland. It served a triangular area of south-west Scotland between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle. It was formed on 28 October 1850 by the merger of two earlier railway ...

). The station replaced the original Maybole station, which was the original

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of the

Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway The Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway (A&MJR) was a railway in Ayrshire, Scotland that provided services between Ayr and Maybole. It opened in 1856 and was seen as a link in providing a through line between Glasgow and Portpatrick, then the ferry ...

. The station was originally a two

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station rebuilt in 1880,Hume, p.67 with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform. When the line was singled in 1973 the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and main building remain, part of which is a local convenience store and part used by Network Rail.

December 2019

There is a regular hourly service in both directions to Ayr and Girvan(8 of which continue to Stranraer) on Monday to Saturdays Ten of the northbound trains continue to Kilmarnock (and two extend to Glasgow Central via Barrhead). On Sundays there are five trains each way, northbound to Ayr and southbound to Stranraer.

December 2020

There are 12 trains per day in both directions to Ayr and Girvan(4 of which continue to Stranraer) on Monday to Saturdays. Six of the northbound trains continue to Kilmarnock (and one extends to Glasgow Central via Barrhead). Sunday services remain the same.

January 2021

Mon-Sat: There are nine trains per day northbound to Ayr/Kilmarnock and nine trains southbound to Girvan/Stranraer. Four trains continue to Kilmarnock. Three trains continue to Stranraer. Only the 0700 service from Stranraer continues further to Glasgow Central and the 0808 service from Glasgow Central continues to Stranraer. There is another service from Glasgow Central that terminates at Girvan at 18:56. Sunday services remains the same. Due to COVID-19 affecting signalling staff availability, the following services that call here were suspended/truncated in January 2021: 0621 Ayr - Girvan 0653 Girvan - Kilmarnock 1809 Glasgow Central to Stranraer 1903 Stranraer to Kilmarnock 2108 Kilmarnock - Girvan 2203 Girvan to Ayr

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