New Cumnock railway station

Railway station in East Ayrshire, Scotland

New Cumnock

Scottish Gaelic: Cumnag Nuadh[1]

New Cumnock railway station, looking towards Auchinleck and Kilmarnock

General information
Location| New Cumnock, East Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates| 55°24′08″N 4°11′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.4022°N 4.1832°W﻿ / 55.4022; -4.1832
Grid reference| NS618142
Managed by| ScotRail
Transit authority| SPT
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| NCK
History
Original company| Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Key dates
20 May 1850[2]| Opened
6 December 1965[2]| Closed
27 May 1991[2]| Reopened by British Rail
Passengers
2019/20|  25,566
2020/21|  1,574
2021/22|  14,974
2022/23|  17,514
2023/24|  22,192

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

New Cumnock railway station is a railway station serving the town of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 45.5 miles (73.2 km) south west of Glasgow Central.

## History

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At one time all goods trains had to stop here for inspection before proceeding. On the bleak section beyond the station the London, Midland and Scottish Railway constructed water troughs to permit longer non-stop passenger express runs to be included in the schedules of the Scottish Division.[3] The station closed in 1965 but was reopened by British Rail in 1991.

## Services

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As of 2023, there are eight trains per day to Glasgow Central and seven trains per day to Carlisle on Mondays to Fridays, on a mostly two-hourly frequency; however it is an uneven frequency meaning there is gaps of up to three hours at certain times of the day. Three trains per day only go as far as Dumfries. Saturday services remain mostly the same except there are only two trains that terminate at Dumfries. On Sundays a limited service of just two trains per day each way operate.

Before the May 2022 timetable change, one of the Carlisle trains extended through to Newcastle.This service was withdrawn at the aforementioned timetable change.

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Kirkconnel |  | ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line

|  | Auchinleck
| Historical railways |
Kirkconnel
Line and station open |  | Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway

|  | Cumnock
Line open; station closed

## References

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1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 169.
3. ^ Robin, G. H. (1962), The Nith Valley Route. The Railway Magazine, January P. 26.

## 2007 views

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* A Glasgow train departing towards Kirkconnel

* New Cumnock signal box and the coal transhipment siding on the right

* Both platforms in view and looking towards Kirkconnel

* A view of the station from the overbridge, looking towards Auchinleck

## Sources

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* Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

## External links

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