Monkton railway station was a railway station on the Glasgow to Ayr main line serving the village of Monkton,

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 ...

, Scotland. It opened in 1839. Monkton did not develop and the station was closed in 1940. The location may be identified by the overbridge that leads to Monkton House. The site of the former station is occupied by fuel sidings used by

Prestwick Airport Glasgow Prestwick Airport () is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated northeast of the town of Prestwick in South Ayrshire and southwest of Glasgow. It is the less busy of the two airports serving the western part of ...

History

The

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR) was a railway in Scotland that provided train services between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ayr. It opened its first line, between Glasgow and Ayr, in stages from 1839 to 1840. The section b ...

opened its main line in stages. That between Irvine and an "Ayr" station (at the site of the present-day Newton-on-Ayr) was opened on 5 August 1839.John Thomas, revised Alan J S Paterson, ''A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: volume VI: Scotland: the Lowlands and the Borders'', David St John Thomas, Newton Abbot, 1984, ISBN 0 946537 12 7, page 284David Ross, ''The Glasgow and South Western Railway: A History'', Stenlake Publishing Limited, Catrine, 2014, ISBN 978 1 84033 648 1 Monkton station was opened on the line from the outset, although probably spelt Monckton initially.M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England, Wales and Scotland: A Chronology'', version 5.04, September 2022, Railway and Canal Historical Society, electronic download It was located about a mile north of the present-day Prestwick International station, at the place where an overbridge carries a road to Monkton House. The station served the house, and the village of Monkton, located about a mile to the east. The station is listed in Bradshaw in the 1840s, for example in 1843,''Bradshaw's Railway Companion: 1843'', published at Bradshaw's Railway Information Office, London, 1843 The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway combined with other companies to form the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The station was closed on 28 October 1940 by 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 ...

. Reference to satellite images shows aviation fuel tank wagons in a siding at the former station, serving Prestwick airport.

References

{{end box Disused railway stations in South Ayrshire Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1940 Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations