Beith Town
Location
Place	Beith
Area	Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°44′50″N 4°38′16″W / 55.7471°N 4.6377°W / 55.7471; -4.6377Coordinates: 55°44′50″N 4°38′16″W / 55.7471°N 4.6377°W / 55.7471; -4.6377
Grid reference	NS345535
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Platforms	1
History
26 June 1873	Opened as Beith
28 February 1953	Renamed Beith Town
5 November 1962	Closed to passengers
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Beith Town railway station was a railway station serving the town of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

[edit] History

The station opened on 26 June 1873 as Beith.^[1] It was renamed Beith Town on 28 February 1953,^[1] and closed permanently to passengers on 5 November 1962.^[1] Freight services continued at the station until 1964.^[2] The station was the terminus of a five mile branch from Lugton.^[2]

The station site has since been redeveloped into a housing estate.

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt, page 31
2. ^ ^{a b} Stansfield, page 10

[edit] Sources

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.