Patna railway station (Scotland)

Patna
Location	Patna, East Ayrshire, Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°21′58″N 4°29′58″W / 55.3662°N 4.4994°W / 55.3662; -4.4994Coordinates: 55°21′58″N 4°29′58″W / 55.3662°N 4.4994°W / 55.3662; -4.4994
Grid reference	NS4168610877
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
7 August 1856	opened
1897	resited
6 April 1964	Station closed

Patna railway station was a railway station serving Patna, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway, worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

v t Ayr and Dalmellington Railway
Legend
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Newton-on-Ayr Newton Junction Ayr to Mauchline Branch Hawkhill Junction Ayr Alloway Junction Maidens and Dunure Railway Ailsa Hospital Maybole Junction Maybole (Dalrymple) Junction Ayr & Maybole Junction Rly Burnton Viaduct Hollybush Ayr to Mauchline Branch Holehouse Junction Holehouse Junction Patna Waterside Waste Tip Dalmellington

History[]

The station opened in 1897, having moved around 150 metres south from the original station site that had opened on 7 August 1856.^[1] The second station's site was closed by the British Railways Board in 1964.^[1]

The station had a single platform, a signal box near the road overbridge, a few sidings and a goods shed. The platform has been demolished and a private dwelling is now located at the site of the old station building.

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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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

External links[]

• Patna station
• Site of Patna station