Maybole railway station is a railway station serving the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.
History The station was opened on 24 May 1860,Butt (1995), page 157 originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway). The station replaced the original Maybole station, which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.
The station was originally a two side platform station rebuilt in 1880,Hume, p.67 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.
Services
On weekdays and Saturdays northbound, there is a mostly hourly service to Ayr, with some two-hour gaps (14 departures per day in total). Six of these trains continue past Ayr to Kilmarnock, of which one continues onward to Glasgow Central. There is a mostly hourly service to Girvan southbound, with some two-hour gaps. Five of these trains per day continue past Girvan and terminate at Stranraer.
On Sundays, there is a limited service of five trains a day each way, running northbound to Ayr and southbound to Stranraer.
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Video, commentary and annotation on Maybole railway station