Milliken Park railway station
Milliken Park LMS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key dates | |||||
| 21 July 1840 | Opened as Cochrane Mill | ||||
| 1 March 1853 | Renamed Milliken Park | ||||
| 18 April 1966 | Original station closed | ||||
| 15 May 1989 | New station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.238 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.228 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 48,690 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.127 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.161 million | ||||
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Milliken Park railway station serves the west end of
History
The original Milliken Park station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the
The current station opened on 15 May 1989,[3] by British Rail to the south west of the original on the other side of new Cochranemill Road bridge (built in 1974–5) next to the Corseford Housing Estate. Provision for the station had been made in the siting and construction of the overhead electrification equipment.
Facilities
The station has neither car park nor ticket office, however, there is a ticket machine situated within the shelter of platform 1. There are also six cycle stands available.[4]
Services
The Glasgow - Ayr stopping trains call here every 30 minutes off-peak (Monday to Saturday), with extra services at peak times. In the evening, there is an hourly service each way (with westbound trains to Ardrossan Harbour and also on Sundays (to/from Largs).[5]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howwood | ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line |
Johnstone | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Howwood Line and station open |
Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway |
Johnstone Line and station open | ||
References
Notes
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b Butt, page 65
- ^ a b Butt, page 160
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Milliken Park". Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. OCLC 22311137.
