Date: 23/05/2021

A new rail link between Largs and Wemyss Bay is one of the surprise options put forward in a raft of travel improvements designed to boost the local economy.

Direct rail services between Kilmarnock, Ardrossan and Largs and between Largs-Ayr are also mooted.

[The article refers to the ^Old Irvine Line^ meaning the short curve used for freight and empty stock movements between Dubbs Junction and Byrehill Junction. Hunterston low level remains open to nuclear fuel traffic. -RS]

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Raft of radical transport options on the table for Largs as part of national review

Largs and Millport Weekly News

A NEW rail link between Largs and Wemyss Bay is one of the surprise options put forward in a raft of travel improvements designed to boost the local

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Flask train ascending from Hunterston Low Level. 68005 'Defiant' leading with 88002 'Prometheus' behind on 20th April 2021.
Location: Hunterston Low Level Sidings
Company: Hunterston Ore Terminal (British Railways)
20/04/2021 Douglas Blades

Standard Mogul 77015 at Byrehill Junction on 4 April 1959 with an Ardrossan - Kilmarnock train.
Location: Byrehill Junction
Company: Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
04/04/1959 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

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