Barassie railway station is a railway station serving Barassie, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.
Barassie railway station, looking north
The station with four platforms in 1974
The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway was an early railway line in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was constructed to bring coal from pits around Kilmarnock to coastal shipping at Troon Harbour, and passengers were
Barassie railway station
…nearby serving Barassie Workshops, however it was closed by July 1926. Barassie station originally had four platforms, two of which were on the former Kilmarnock and Troon Railway line from Kilmarnock. These platforms went out of use after the local passenger service over the branch was withdrawn by British Rail on 3 March 1969…
Design for the route, 1807
Laigh Milton viaduct in 2006
1877 drawing of a Stephenson locomotive described as 'of 1815', similar to The Duke but with flanged wheels and lacking the central sprocket wheel.