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Trabboch railway station (NS434218) was a
The station opened on 1 July 1872 or 1896, and closed on 10 September 1951. The station master or 'collector' from 1935 - 43 was Mr. H. Ramage. It was near an overbridge built for future doubling that never took place and had a single platform of 315 feet which partly occupied the space beneath the bridge and a brick built storeroom was located below the bridge arch, reaching up to the underside of the arch. On this platform stood a small timber waiting room and a booking office. Trabboch Colliery's four sidings were not far away.
After the closure of the local mines in 1908 for a time some of the miners from Trabboch village walked to the station and caught the train to Skares where they worked at Whitehill Colliery whilst others found work at Burnockhill Colliery that was located in the locality.
Fulton, C., & Co., Paisley had six traders waggons which ran between Paisley and Trabboch stations.
The station building was demolished and by 1970 nothing was visible. The stones from the old station were used by Willie Graham to build a bungalow at Carbowie.Barber, Derek (2002). ''Steps through Stair. A History of Stair & Trabboch.'' Stair Church. p. 15.
The line at the station site is still operational (2017), serving the Killoch Washery to the south-east, beyond
Video footage of Trabboch railway station siteVideo footage of the old Trabboch Village site
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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 village of Trabboch
Trabboch is a hamlet in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Built as a miners village in the 1880s, it was owned and leased by Wm. Baird & Co., Ltd. and at one time had 94 dwellings. The miners rows stood, until demolition in 1969, on the Stair and Littlemill ...
, 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
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. 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 ...
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History
The station opened on 1 July 1872 or 1896, and closed on 10 September 1951. The station master or 'collector' from 1935 - 43 was Mr. H. Ramage. It was near an overbridge built for future doubling that never took place and had a single platform of 315 feet which partly occupied the space beneath the bridge and a brick built storeroom was located below the bridge arch, reaching up to the underside of the arch. On this platform stood a small timber waiting room and a booking office. Trabboch Colliery's four sidings were not far away.
After the closure of the local mines in 1908 for a time some of the miners from Trabboch village walked to the station and caught the train to Skares where they worked at Whitehill Colliery whilst others found work at Burnockhill Colliery that was located in the locality.
Fulton, C., & Co., Paisley had six traders waggons which ran between Paisley and Trabboch stations.
The station building was demolished and by 1970 nothing was visible. The stones from the old station were used by Willie Graham to build a bungalow at Carbowie.Barber, Derek (2002). ''Steps through Stair. A History of Stair & Trabboch.'' Stair Church. p. 15.
The line at the station site is still operational (2017), serving the Killoch Washery to the south-east, beyond Drongan
Drongan is a former mining village in East Ayrshire, some east of Ayr and west of Cumnock. It had a population of 4686 in 2011.https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-analyser/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml
History
The earliest references to Dr ...
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See also
*Loch of Trabboch
The Loch of Trabboch or Dalrympleston Loch (NS440211) was situated in a low-lying area below the old Castle of Trabboch, once held by the Boyd family in the Parish of Stair, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
The loch is recorded as the "Loch of T ...
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Video footage of Trabboch railway station site
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