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Depot: Ardrossan


Depot Details
Depot Name Ardrossan
Depot Codes
CodeFromTo
27H186931/12/1939
30C01/01/194031/01/1950
67D01/02/195031/08/1969
Date Opened 1895
Date Closed 15/02/1965
Pre Grouping Company GSWR
Big 4 Company LMS
Information The location given was the final site - two earlier sites had been superceded
1947 Directions The shed is in a triangle formed by the Glasgow-Ardrossan, Glasgow-Largs, and Ardrossan-Largs (G.S.W.) lines. The yard is partially visible from all three lines.

From Ardrossan Town Station.
Turn left outside the station into Princes Street. Bear left at the end into Arran Place, and continue into South Crescent Road. Turn left into Kilmenny Terrace, and left again into a footpath leading past the Bowling Green. Turn right over a footbridge by Castlehill Signal Cabin, and right again into a footpath running parallel to the line. Cross the railway by means of a further footbridge, and a path leads from this point to the shed. Walking time 25 minutes.

From South Beach Station.
Turn left outside the station into South Beach Road, and right at the end into South Crescent Road. Turn right again into Kilmenny Terrace, and continue as above. Walking time 20 minutes.
Popup Maps (New Window) 25 Inch (1892-1914)
OS (1:25,000) (1937-1961)
OS 7th Series 1 inch (1:63,360)
Chronology
DateEvent
1875Change of code to 30C
01/02/1950Change of code to 67D
15/02/1965Depot closed