Place Kilbarchan Station code MIN 2011/12 0.151 million Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference NS413620 Managed by Abellio ScotRail 2012/13 0.169 million | |
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Address Johnstone PA10 2DA, United Kingdom Original company Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Pte Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Similar Johnstone railway station, Howwood (Renfrewshire) railway st, Paisley Gilmour Street rail, Lochwinnoch railway station, Kilwinning railway station | ||
Milliken Park railway station serves the west end of Johnstone and the south west of the village of Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.
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History
The original Milliken Park station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and was known as Cochrane Mill. The station was renamed Milliken Park on 1 March 1853 and closed to passengers on 18 April 1966. The site of this station's goods yard is now a bus depot. The signal box remained in use until it was destroyed by fire in an act of vandalism on 1 March 1978.
The current station opened on 15 May 1989, 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 not ticket office, although six cycle stands are available.
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).