Maybole railway station is a railway station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 serving the town of Maybole

Maybole

Maybole is a burgh of barony and police burgh of South Ayrshire, Scotland. Pop. 4,552. It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. ‎...

, South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....

, Scotland

Scotland

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. The station is managed by First ScotRail

First ScotRail

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 and is on the Glasgow South Western Line

Glasgow South Western Line

The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride.- History :...

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History

The station was opened on 24 May 1860, originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway

Maybole and Girvan Railway

Maybole and Girvan Junction Railway is an historic railway in Scotland.-Route description:The line runs in a general southwesterly direction from Maybole through farmed countryside to Girvan, a fishing port on the Irish Sea. It passes a former coal mine at Bargany. The line consists of a single...

 (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway

Glasgow and South Western Railway

The Glasgow and South Western Railway , one of the pre-grouping railway companies, served a triangular area of south-west Scotland, between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle...

). The station replaced the original Maybole station

Maybole (old) railway station

Maybole railway station was a railway station serving the village of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway .- History :...

, which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway

Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway

The Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway was a railway in Ayrshire, Scotland that provided services between Ayr and Maybole. The line is still in use today as part of the Glasgow South Western Line.- History :...

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The station was originally a two side platform

Side platform

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 station rebuilt in 1880, with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform. When the line was singled in 1973 the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and main building remain. part of which is a local convenience store and part used by Network Rail.

2008/09

A two-hourly service in each direction (with some extras) to and . From Ayr certain services continue to Glasgow (either via or ), although there are also two daily through trains to Carlisle and Newcastle via Kilmarnock and Dumfries.

The Sunday service is limited, with three trains to Ayr and Glasgow and two to Stranraer.

From December 2009

There is a two-hourly service in each direction (with some extras) to and (seven of the latter continuing to ). From Ayr certain services continue to Glasgow (ither via or ).

The Sunday service is limited, with three trains to Ayr and Glasgow and two to Stranraer.