Towards Ayr at Tarbolton station overbridge

Tarbolton railway station (NGR NS440250) 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 ...

about a mile and a quarter from the village of

Tarbolton Tarbolton ( sco, Tarbowton) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is near Failford, Mauchline, Ayr, and Kilmarnock. The old Fail Monastery was nearby and Robert Burns connections are strong, including the Bachelors' Club museum. Meaning o ...

that it served, in

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 Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. The station was part of the

Ayr to Mauchline Branch The Ayr to Mauchline Branch was a railway line in Scotland and ran services between Ayr and Mauchline as part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. History The line between Ayr and Mauchline opened on 1 September 1870 to regular passenger ...

of 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 ...

and was the only intermediate stop on the previously double track line between

Annbank Annbank is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is around five miles east of Ayr. Originally a mining settlement, it once had a rail link to Ayr via the Auchincruive Waggonway. The village has a village hall, bakery, shop, bowling green, j ...

and Mauchline. The line was singled in 1985 and held in reserved state before reopening with an increase in coal traffic.Rankin, Stuart (2000). "G&SWR Ayr & Cumnock Branches". ''Sou-West Profile''. No. 4. P. 5

History

The station opened on 1 September 1870, and closed to passengers on 4 January 1943. The signal box was still operational in 1963 to control the passing loop; both platforms were also in situ. Today this line is still open as a freight line.

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Video and commentary on Tarbolton railway station.Video of A1 Pacific 'Tornado' passing the station on a charter.

Disused railway stations in South Ayrshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1943 Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations {{Scotland-railstation-stub