Skares 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 former mining village of Skares,

East Ayrshire East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...

, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr and Cumnock Branch on 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 ...

History

The station opened on 1 July 1872, and closed on 10 September 1951.

References

* Disused railway stations in East Ayrshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1872 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations {{Scotland-railstation-stub