Alternative Names Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier Station; Ardrossan Harbour; Ardrossan Pier Station
Site type RAILWAY STATION
Canmore ID 130861
Site Number NS24SW 52
NGR NS 2257 4231
Council NORTH AYRSHIRE
Parish ARDROSSAN
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District CUNNINGHAME
Former County AYRSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS24SW 52 2257 4231

See also NS24SW 36.00.

(Location cited as NS 225 423). Ardrossan (Montomerie Pier) Station, opened 1890 by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Rly. A two-platform terminal station with a 15-bay iron-framed wooden-clad building, originally with a glazed overall roof supported on lattice girders. Closed 1966 but still intact in 1974.
J R Hume 1976.

This station formed the terminus of the Ardrossan Harbour branch of the Caledonian Rly. It opened on 30 May 1890, closed on 1 January 1917, reopened on 1 February 1919, and was renamed Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier station on 2 June 1924. It officially closed to regular passenger traffic on 6 May 1968, the last train having run on 25 September 1967.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 June 1998.
R V J Butt 1995.

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, Sparkford, nr Yeovil
Page(s): 18 Held at RCAHMS J.6.7.BUT

Hume, J R (1976) The industrial archaeology of Scotland, 1, Lowlands and Borders London
Page(s): 42-3 Held at RCAHMS J.4.11.HUM