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Milliken Park railway station serves the west end of

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History

The original Milliken Park station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the

and was known as Cochrane Mill.Butt, page 65 The station was renamed Milliken Park on 1 March 1853 and closed to passengers on 18 April 1966.Butt, page 160 The site of this station's goods yard is now a bus depot. The

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remained in use until it was destroyed by fire in an act of vandalism on 1 March 1978. The current station opened on 15 May 1989, by

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to the south west of the original on the other side of new Cochranemill Road bridge (built in 1974–5) next to the Corseford Housing Estate. Provision for the station had been made in the siting and construction of the overhead electrification equipment.

Facilities

The station has neither car park nor ticket office, however, there is a ticket machine situated within the shelter of platform 1. There are also six cycle stands available.

Services

The Glasgow - Ayr stopping trains call here every 30 minutes off-peak (Monday to Saturday), with extra services at peak times. In the evening, there is an hourly service each way (with westbound trains to and also on Sundays (to/from ).

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