Date: 20/03/2023

Calls are being made for Scotland's next First Minister to support a campaign to re-open Cumnock and Mauchline's railway stations. MSP Sharon Dowey wants the new leader to support plans to bring the stations back to life, following their closures in 1965, after opening in the 1800s.

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A Glasgow St Enoch - Carlisle stopping train calls at Cumnock in the early 1960s behind an unidentified Clan Pacific. [Ref query 21355]
Location: Cumnock [2nd]
Company: Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
// John Furnevel Collection

A train from Dumfries calls at Mauchline on 18 April 1949 on its way to St Enoch. The locomotive is one of Hurlford shed's 2P 4-4-0s, no 40663.
Location: Mauchline
Company: Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
18/04/1949 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

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