Kilmaurs Railway Station

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Setting out earlier than normal to avoid the afternoon heat we headed down to East Ayrshire. Rudy visited Kilmaurs on the 22nd of May 2025 arriving at 09:46 on a train from Glasgow Central.

Opened in 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway and closed (you guessed it) in 1966. The current station is a complete 1984 rebuild on the original site albeit with only one platform. The platform was lengthened in 2009 but the station still isn't quite future-proof, the platform sits on the route of the original second track restricting the option to redouble the line if extra capacity was needed.

Rudy's Adventures at Kilmaurs

Kilmaurs station walks and places to visit.

Kilmaurs 22nd May 2025

Morton Park (Kilmaurs)

Kilmaurs is a small East Ayrshire town just to the north west of Kilmarnock. It has a signposted "Town Trail" that is much more rural than it's name suggests. So much so that it goes through a cow field or two. For our visit Rudy stuck to a run ar

Kilmaurs Photos

A small black terrier dog at Kilmaurs Station. — Rudy at Kilmaurs Station. May 2025

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Kilmaurs railway station is a railway station in the town of Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

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