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This was a short lived passenger station on the Doura Branch of the Ardrossan and Johnstone Railway. The station was on the east bank of the River Garnock, which was crossed by a bridge. This station was near a house called Dirrans where the line crossed the Kilwinning-Irvine road. It probably served the Eglinton Colliery and Ladyha Pit which was close by. Also close to the station were a saw mill and coke oven. The line continued north, east and then south to Doura. A nearby private line from the Eglinton Iron Works ran south to several coal mines.

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