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Maybole And Girvan Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![A 101 runs north past Girvan Junction. The train is approaching from Girvan (New) station on the line to Stranraer. The original terminus was to the distant right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/4000/4255.jpg "Girvan Junction")
![DMU passing Girvan goods branch.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //]](/images/12000/12957.jpg "Girvan Junction")
![Southbound 101 DMU approaching Girvan, seen from the former goods branch. Undated.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //]](/images/17000/17530.jpg "Girvan Goods Junction")
![Black 5 45490 about to run through Dailly, between Girvan and Maybole, on 15 August 1959 with a Stranraer Harbour - Glasgow St Enoch express. Dailly station closed in September 1965. [Ref query 9492]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1959]](/images/51000/51236.jpg "Dailly")
![Corkerhill Black 5 45007 photographed near Bargany, Ayrshire, on the approach to Dailly on 15 August 1959 with a train from Girvan for Glasgow St Enoch. [Ref query 3415] <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1959]](/images/54000/54453.jpg "Dailly")
![BR Standard class 5 4-6-0 73060 at Craighead Summit approaching Dailly on 15 August 1959 with a Girvan - Glasgow train. [Ref query 4667]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1959]](/images/55000/55803.jpg "Craighead Summit")
![Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 57633 heading north towards Ayr with the Girvan goods on 6 August 1960. The train is leaving 'Ben's Cut' in the Girvan Valley and is about to pass Kilkerran's down distant signal. [Ref query 4839] <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1960]](/images/53000/53530.jpg "Kilkerran")
![Black 5 45036 pilots Standard 73100 at Maybole on 6 August 1960 with a Stranraer Harbour - Glasgow boat train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1960]](/images/54000/54267.jpg "Maybole")
![A Swindon DMU on a Girvan - Glasgow service photographed near Dailly on 6 August 1960. [Ref query 1072] <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1960]](/images/59000/59703.jpg "Dailly")
![Eastfield B1 4-6-0 no 61342 stands in Girvan goods yard on 10 April 1966 with <I>Scottish Rambler no 5</I>, preparing for the next leg of the tour which would take the 5-coach train on to Muirkirk.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/24000/24816.jpg "Girvan (Old)")
!['See when I say <I>get back on the train</I>....' The persuasive looking gentleman moving threateningly towards the photographer appears keen to commence the next leg of the <I>Scottish Rambler No 5</I> railtour which is preparing to leave Girvan goods behind B1 no 61342 on 10 April 1966.... and what's that in his left hand...no, surely not! Anyway... I understand everyone got back on the train at this point. <br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/27000/27771.jpg "Girvan Goods")
![<I>Scottish Rambler No 5</I> seen during a photostop at Girvan goods on 10 April 1966. Locomotive in charge for this section of the tour is Eastfield B1 4-6-0 no 61342.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/31000/31288.jpg "Girvan Goods")
![B1 4-6-0 no 61342 prepares to leave Girvan goods for Muirkirk on 10 April 1966 with <I>'Scottish Rambler No 5'</I>.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 10/04/1966]](/images/41000/41027.jpg "Girvan Goods")
![The remains of Girvan goods yard in September 1987 [see image 24816].<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /09/1987]](/images/33000/33270.jpg "Girvan (Old)")
![Girvan (Old) station, photographed on 12 February 1988. [See image 24815]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 12/02/1988]](/images/52000/52550.jpg "Girvan (Old)")
![DMU on Girvan-Ayr train at Maybole (New).<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 19/03/1988]](/images/8000/8457.jpg "Maybole")
![47 on southbound freight passing Maybole (New).<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 19/03/1988]](/images/8000/8458.jpg "Maybole")
![View of the north end of Kilkerran loop from approaching DMU. The line had been double track.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 19/03/1988]](/images/8000/8459.jpg "Kilkerran")
![Looking south at Girvan Junction. The line in the distance to the right ran to the original Girvan terminus.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 19/03/1988]](/images/8000/8461.jpg "Girvan Junction")
![Lever frame in Kilkerran signalbox. This is a fringe box for the Ayr signalling scheme and close by this lever frame is a computer connected to Ayr showing a graphical panel. A strange mixture.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/18000/18129.jpg "Kilkerran")
![Newcastle bound Sprinter approaching the level crossing at the closed Kilkerran station. View from the signalbox. The loop is behind the camera on the other side of the level crossing just along from the box.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/18000/18141.jpg "Kilkerran")
![Girvan Goods looking to the buffers in 1989. Girvan (Old) station and loco shed were to the left (track lifted). The line continued to the harbour until the late 1960s. In the 1980s the site was still in use as a goods yard but the state of the viaduct over the Water of Girvan led to its closure not long before this photograph was taken. [Access by kind permission of British Rail.] [See image 24816]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/24000/24815.jpg "Girvan (Old)")
![The morning Stranraer - Newcastle service formed by 156 437 at Maybole on 20 March 1998. <br><br>[David Panton 20/03/1998]](/images/18000/18677.jpg "Maybole")
![The signal box and level crossing at Kilkerran, on the line between Girvan and Maybole, seen in May 1999. <br><br>[David Panton /05/1999]](/images/18000/18127.jpg "Kilkerran")
![Kilkerran signal box - May 1999<br><br>[David Panton /05/1999]](/images/28000/28613.jpg "Kilkerran")
![View north at Grangeston Halt. This was a two platform halt just north of Girvan Junctions which served the large ICI Grangeston munitions factory from 1941 to 1965. Two brick built platforms remain intact but the line has been slewed to the centre following reduction to a single track.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/61000/61894.jpg "Grangeston Halt")
![The remains of a loading bank at Girvan (Old) station.<br><br>[William Tollan 09/02/2006]](/images/6000/6704.jpg "Girvan Old")
![Site of the bridge which carried the line into the original Girvan station.<br><br>[William Tollan 09/02/2006]](/images/6000/6707.jpg "Girvan Old")
![Remains of the platform at the former Girvan (old) terminus.<br><br>[William Tollan 09/02/2006]](/images/6000/6713.jpg "Girvan Old")
![Dedication team at Maybole on 15 September 2006 - see News Item.<br><br>[David Kiltie 15/09/2006]](/images/10000/10926.jpg "Maybole")
![Maybole on 15 September 2006 - with the station name now clearly picked out in white brick on the disused platform - see News Item. <br><br>[David Kiltie 15/09/2006]](/images/10000/10927.jpg "Maybole")
![Glasgow Central - Girvan train picks up a passenger at Maybole on 31 May<br><br>[John Furnevel 31/05/2007]](/images/15000/15317.jpg "Maybole")
![Maybole station frontage on 31 May 2007 looking northwest across Culzean Road. <br><br>[John Furnevel 31/05/2007]](/images/15000/15480.jpg "Maybole")
![Maybole station, platform side, view southeast in May 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 31/05/2007]](/images/15000/15640.jpg "Maybole")
![A southbound train pulls away from a colourful Maybole station and heads for Girvan on the last day of May 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 31/05/2007]](/images/29000/29766.jpg "Maybole")
![The scheduled 14.34 arrival at Girvan on the northern approach to the station on 9 April.<br><br>[Colin Miller 09/04/2010]](/images/28000/28460.jpg "Girvan Goods Junction")
![To the north of Kilkerran station and crossing is the loop, controlled by semaphores, that can be used for <I>overtaking</I> as well as crossing trains running in opposite directions. This view looks towards Maybole past the signal box, which appears to have been recently refurbished with double glazed plastic windows and a new roof.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/09/2010]](/images/30000/30755.jpg "Kilkerran")
![Kilkerran station, closed in 1965, still stands alongside the Stranraer line. This view from the level crossing looks south towards Girvan and shows the bracket semaphore protecting the crossing and the passing loop.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/09/2010]](/images/30000/30758.jpg "Kilkerran")
![The 09.41 Girvan to Kilmarnock, photographed shortly after leaving Maybole Station on 23 September.<br><br>[Colin Miller 23/09/2013]](/images/44000/44699.jpg "Maybole")
![The 09.41 Girvan - Kilmarnock runs round the curves shortly after leaving Maybole on 23 September 2013. On the right is the site of the original Maybole terminus, which later became the goods station, all since redeveloped for industrial use.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 23/09/2013]](/images/44000/44938.jpg "Maybole")
![View upriver on 24 October showing, on the north bank of the river, the site of the coal chutes from which rail wagons were unloaded into ships, There were sidings here reached via Girvan Goods. [See image 24815]<br><br>[Colin Miller 24/10/2013]](/images/45000/45090.jpg "Girvan Harbour")
![Explanatory board alongside the site of the coal chutes at Givan Harbour giving their history [see image 45090].<br><br>[Colin Miller /12/2013]](/images/45000/45760.jpg "Girvan Harbour")
![Western abutment of the old bridge over the River Girvan that once led to the coal chutes [see image 45090].<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 26/12/2013]](/images/45000/45755.jpg "Girvan Goods")
![Looking east towards the main line at Girvan in April 2014 over the remains of the long-lifted sidings at the coal chutes. The formation of these can be easily traced even today. [See image 45090]<br><br>[Colin Miller 10/04/2014]](/images/46000/46947.jpg "Girvan (Old)")
![The 1304 Kilmarnock - Girvan service calls at Maybole on 6 September.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 06/09/2014]](/images/48000/48611.jpg "Maybole")
![The remains of the old weigh bridge among the dereliction of the former Girvan goods yard on 2 February 2015.<br><br>[Colin Miller 02/02/2015]](/images/50000/50300.jpg "Girvan Goods")
![In amongst the undergrowth are the crumbling remains of the platform at Girvan (Old) station [see image 52550]. View west in February 2015.<br><br>[Colin Miller 02/02/2015]](/images/52000/52553.jpg "Girvan (Old)")
![Remains of the station building at Girvan (Old) in February 2015 [see image 52550].<br><br>[Colin Miller 02/02/2015]](/images/52000/52561.jpg "Girvan (Old)")
![The street aspect of the station building at Maybole looks a good deal more<br>
welcoming than the platform side. At the far end is the former ticket<br>
office with lights on inside making it look like it's still open. In fact<br>
it's a Network Rail office.<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 10/10/2017]](/images/61000/61330.jpg "Maybole")
![An Ayr to Girvan service calls at Maybole, the only intermediate station,<br>
on 10th October 2017. An information screen is at last being installed. Note the<br>
long-abandoned second platform.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 10/10/2017]](/images/61000/61386.jpg "Maybole")
