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Loudounhill (NS 60268 37191) was a railway station on the Darvel and Strathaven Railway serving a rural area that included the landmark of Loudoun Hill in the Parish of Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland. ==History== On 4 July 1905 the line opened, thereby connecting the Darvel Branch that ran from Kilmarnock, resulting in the line becoming a through route to Strathaven which was a line jointly run between the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) and the Caledonian Railway (CR). The CR owned the Loudounhill to Strathaven section and the G&SWR owned the section from Loudounhill to Darvel and beyond.〔Wham, page 47〕 Despite being a through route, no trains ran between Kilmarnock and Strathaven;〔Stansfield, page 20〕 instead, the two companies took it in turns to run the line between Darvel and Strathaven every six months.〔 Stations were also located at Ryeland and Drumclog. The line was never successful and closed in 1939 and the track lifted in 1951.〔 The station had a signal box on the platform and a wooden waiting room and ticket office. The station had an island platform and a footbridge gave passengers access. A crane was present and several sidings with a goods yard and loading dock. The lengthy Loudounhill Viaduct lay to the south.〔Stansfield, Page 39〕 The junction between the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway was at the county boundary at Loudounhill Station. The closed line was used to store hundreds of damaged railway waggons that were awaiting repair.〔Sellar〕 The line had been intended as a through route between Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, however there was very little traffic along the route as the population in the area was very low. The station was closed from September until November 1909 and then again from January 1917 until December 1922. As stated, the last train ran on 10 September 1939, however the official closing date was two weeks later.〔Stansfield, Page 32〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loudounhill railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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