Turnberry railway station

{{Short description|Former railway station in Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Turnberry

| status = Disused

| image =

| borough = Turnberry Golf Course, Ayrshire

| country = Scotland

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS206057|25|NS206057}}

| platforms = 1

| original = Maidens and Dunure Light Railway

| pregroup = Glasgow and South Western Railway

| years = 17 May 1906

| events = Opened

| years1 = 2 March 1942

| events1 = Closed

}}

Turnberry railway station was a railway station serving the Turnberry Golf Course and its associated hotel, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

History

The station opened on 17 May 1906, and closed on 2 March 1942.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=235}} The platform roof was sold to Dumbarton F.C. in 1957 and used as a terrace cover at the football club's former ground at Boghead Park.{{sfn|Wham|1997|p=12}} Its significance as a railway station can still be linked to the Turnberry Hotel and club house which displays an original railway poster by Claude Buckle showing the Turnberry Hotel in 1932.

References

=Notes=

=Sources=

  • {{Butt-Stations}}
  • {{Jowett-Atlas}}
  • {{Wham-Ayrshire}}
  • Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications

{{Historical Rail Start}}

{{rail line

|previous=Girvan
Line closed, station open|next=Maidens
Line and station closed

|route=Glasgow and South Western Railway
Maidens and Dunure Light Railway

|col={{G&SW colour}} |lightcol={{G&SW light}} }}

{{end box}}

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Category:Disused railway stations in South Ayrshire

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1942

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906

Category:Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations

Category:James Miller railway stations

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