RAILSCOT | Hunterston Ore Terminal

Place

Hunterston Ore Terminal (1979-)

Opened on the Hunterston Ore Terminal (British Railways).

The Hunterston Ore Terminal was built for British Steel Corporation's Ravenscraig Steel Works. Material for the pier was partly brought from the bing of the former Eglinton Iron Works.

Pier

Nearby stations Fairlie Pier Fairlie Largs West Kilbride Dalry Dalry Junction [Station] Kilbirnie (South) Ardrossan North Glengarnock High Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier Kilbirnie [2nd] Ardrossan Harbour [1st] Ardrossan Harbour Glengarnock Ardrossan Town	Hunterston Low Level Sidings Hunterston Construction Yard Fairlie Tunnel Fife Shipyard Fairlie Shed Fairlie Pier Junction Hunterston High Level Sidings Hunterston Loading Bunker Hunterston Power station Tourist/other Keppel Pier Fairlie MOD Millport Pier Largs Pencil Poteath Signal Box Cumbrae Ferry Terminal
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/01/1979	Ravenscraig Steel Works Largs Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Hunterston Ore Terminal opened with a 3500 ton crane for ore and 2500 ton crane for coal. Hunterston Ore Terminal to Holm Junction re-opened to freight.
/12/1979	General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Last iron ore trains run from the General Terminus quayside. (Following the opening of the Hunterston Ore Terminal.)
/01/1987	Largs Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Line electrified. Passenger trains are confined to the northbound line (starting from just east of Ardrossan South Beach), freight to the Hunterston Ore Terminal can use both lines as far as Hunterston Junction. Beyond Hunterston Junction, going north, the southbound line is lifted.
/ /1991	Ravenscraig Steel Works Coal and Iron ore trains from the Hunterston Ore Terminal swap from 2 Class 37s to a single Class 60.
27/03/2002	Scottish Coal Longannet Mine complex closed following in-rush of water in the Castlehill workings. Following this Scottish Power had to import considerable quantities of coal through the Hunterston Ore Terminal for Longannet Power Station.

18/08/2022	Up to 900 jobs created in Hunterston renewable energy project [insider]