Annbank

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Annbank (1870-1951)

Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Opened on the Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).

Description

This former station was actually in the village of Mossblown. Annbank itself is about a mile to the south by road. A junction remains here today for the Killoch Washery off the Ayr to Mauchline line.

See Annbank Junction for photographs.

This was a four platform station built in the 'V' of Annbank Junction, the junction between the lines from Ayr to Mauchline (1870) and the line to Cumnock (1872). The main station building was built on the westbound platform of the Cumnock line. The goods yard was just to the south of this platform, approached from the Cumnock line.

The Mauchline line was double track and the Cumnock line dropped to a single track just to the south east.

The original Annbank signal box was replaced by two boxes. One located at the top of the cutting to the west of the junction, on the north side of the line (Annbank No 1) and another on the Cumnock branch where the goods yard line split off and the branch dropped to a single track (Annbank No 2)

When Ayr Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 opened this was by further cutting out the north side of the station to fit a line in behind (to the north of) the eastbound Mauchline platform. It was this colliery which was to produce the large 'bing' in the 'V' of the junction.

The station closed to passengers in 1951. The No 2 box closed in 1966 when taken over by No 1 box (renamed just 'Annbank').

The box closed in 1983 when the line east to Mauchline closed. This was part of the Ayrshire resignalling. The line from Ayr to Mauchline had been singled throughout - the portion from Annbank to Mauchline before 1982 and the Ayr to Annbank portion later.

When line Mauchline route re-opened in 1988 a ground frame was installed to replaced the signal box.

Currently both lines remain open. The washery route sees traffic depending on coal demand. The main line sees traffic for the Hunterston Power Station, Meadowhead Paper Mill and permanent way workings.

Tags

Station junction

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
11/02/2020


Nearby stations
Auchincruive Colliery Platform
Auchincruive
Tarbolton
Trabboch
Prestwick Town
Prestwick International Airport
Monkton
Newton-on-Ayr
Drongan
Ayr [2nd]
Ayr [1st]
Ayr
Mossgiel Tunnel Platform
Maybole Junction [Station]
Mauchline
Annbank Junction
Ayr Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2
Enterkine? Box
Annbank Brick Works
Enterkine 9,10 / Ayr 1,2 / Ayr Colliery No 9 Pit
Mossblown Junction
Brockle Bridge
Tofts 1 and 2 Collieries
Auchincruive Colliery Pits No 1,2,3
Tofts Junction
Enterkine Viaduct
Oswald^s Bridge Pit
Clune Siding
Dalmore? Box
Tourist/other
Auchincruive House
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

  /  /1870Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Line opened. Stations opened: Auchincruive, Annbank, Tarbolton.
11/06/1872Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Annbank (Annbank Junction) to Cronberry and Belston Junction to Holehouse Junction opened for goods and minerals. Cumnock Junction to Logan Junction probably also opened.
01/07/1872Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Annbank to Cronberry opened for passengers. Stations opened: Ochiltree, Dumfries House, Cumnock and junction station at Cronberry.
04/01/1943Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Annbank (Annbank Junction) (excluded) to Mauchline (excluded) closed to passengers. Tarbolton station closed.
03/07/1950Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Cronberry to Auchinleck closed to passengers (route from Muirkirk [2nd] via Ochiltree and Annbank to Ayr remains open to passengers).
  /  /1951Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Ayr (excluded) to Muirkirk [2nd] (excluded) closed. Auchincruive, Annbank, Trabboch, Drongan, Ochiltree, Skares, Dumfries House, Cumnock, and Cronberry closed.
14/06/1965Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway
Maybole and Girvan Railway
Annbank (Annbank Junction) to Mauchline re-opened to passengers (with the closure of the Port Road the trains are diverted). The number of trains between Challoch Junction, Girvan and Ayr increases after closure of the Portpatrick Railway.
05/05/1975Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Barassie to Kilmarnock re-opened to passengers (on closure of Annbank to Mauchline to passengers).