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Bealach na Bà

Bealach na Bà (pronounced ) is a winding single track road through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. The Bealach na Bà is just one feature on this road, being its highest point and site of several corries.

The historic mountain pass was built in 1822 and is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. It has the greatest ascent of any road climb in the United Kingdom, rising from sea level at Applecross to  in about , and is the third highest road in Scotland.

The name is Scottish Gaelic for Pass of the Cattle, as it was historically used as a drovers' road. 

The Bealach, as it is known for short, is considered unsuitable for learner drivers and very large vehicles. The route is often impassable in winter. According to Country Life, "the single-track, historic drovers' lane travels up, down and around hairpins through the mountains of the remote Applecross peninsula as if they were the Alps and, at Bealach na Bà ('pass of the cattle'), features the steepest ascent of any road in the UK".

In popular culture
The road featured in the television series Hamish Macbeth (much of which was filmed in nearby Plockton), which pictures it having a road sign that indicates: "Narrow road - no more than three sheep abreast". The road was also featured in the 1953 film Laxdale Hall.

Cycling
Since 2006 a pair of cyclosportive cycling events has been staged in the surrounding region, and over the pass. The  Bealach Beag event is held each May, and the  Bealach Mòr event is held each September.

Climate
Bealach na Bà has a tundra climate (Köppen ET).

External links

Bealach na Bà on kishornonline.co.uk Wayback Machine archive of 7 January 2017
Highlights of Scotland - the Bealach na Bà
Scotland: the Movie Location Guide -Laxdale Hall, Bealach na Bà
Hands on Events - organisers of  Bealach na Bà cyclosportive events

References 

Mountain passes of Scotland
Roads in Scotland
Ross and Cromarty
Scenic routes in the United Kingdom
Transport in Highland (council area)
Ebru

Ebru may refer to:

Artform
Ebru is the contemporary Turkish word for what is called marbled paper in English.

People
Ebru Aydın (born 1973), Turkish singer and songwriter
Ebru Barutçu Gökdenizler (born 1959), Turkish diplomat and ambassador
Ebru Ceylan (born 1976), Turkish photographer, actress, screenwriter and art director.
Ebru Ceylan (volleyball) (born 1987), Turkish volleyball player
Ebru Demir (born 1976), Turkish social entrepreneur and chef
Ebru Destan (born 1977), Turkish singer, actress, and model
Ebru Elhan (born 1982), Turkish volleyball player
Ebru Gündeş (born 1974), Turkish pop-folk singer, actress, and television personality
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (born 1970), Turkish long-distance runner 
Ebru Şahin (born 1994), Turkish actress
Ebru Şallı (born 1977), Turkish television personality, model and former pageant
Ebru Topçu (born 1996), Turkish football player
Ebru Umar (born 1970), Turkish-Dutch columnist
Ebru Yaşar (born 1977), Turkish pop-folk singer

Broadcasting
Ebru TV, a former English-language television network based in Turkey that was closed on July 19, 2016 by the Turkish government.[2]

See also
Paper marbling, a method of aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone

Turkish feminine given names
Feminine given names
Eleanor Matsuura

Eleanor Matsuura is a British actress best known for her roles as Yumiko in The Walking Dead, Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs.

Early life
Matsuura was born in Tokyo and raised in Hertfordshire, England. She is of half-English and half-Japanese descent and does not speak Japanese. She was trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and graduated in 2004. She is trained in modern and period dance.

Career 
Matsuura worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle; and in British films. In 2015 she appeared as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.

Matsuura is in the fourth series of the hit BBC One drama series Sherlock, playing the role of Detective Inspector Hopkins. She has done voice acting for video games such as Mass Effect: Andromeda and Dreamfall Chapters.
She portrays Yumiko on the hit TV show The Walking Dead based on the comic book of the same name.

Personal life 
Matsuura is an animal rights supporter and works closely with the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Matsuura married Canadian actor Trevor White in 2014. They live in London. In November 2017, Matsuura gave birth to a baby girl, the couple's first child.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links 
 
 Profile Eleanor Matsuura

1983 births
Living people
Actresses from Tokyo
Actresses from London
Actresses of Japanese descent
Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
British actresses of Asian descent
English film actresses
English people of Japanese descent
English television actresses
English video game actresses
English voice actresses
Japanese emigrants to the United Kingdom
Japanese people of English descent
Actresses from Hertfordshire
21st-century English actresses
Stevenston railway station

Stevenston railway station is a railway station serving the town of Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network Rail. It's on the Ayrshire Coast Line,  south west of .

History 
The station was opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway.  The station once included several buildings, a passenger footbridge and a level crossing.  A chord line to "Dubs Junction" on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway route towards  was used by an Ardrossan to Irvine &  service until April 1964, when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe.  The chord remains open and in regular use by freight trains heading from the Hunterston deep water import terminal towards Ayr & the G&SWR line to Mauchline (and hence to  and the WCML at ).

Today the level crossing is still in operation, the footbridge has been removed and basic shelters now serve the platforms.

Services 
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and hourly westbound to Largs and Ardrossan Harbour respectively.

On Sundays there is an hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Largs, plus a limited additional service to Ardrossan Harbour to connect with the ferry sailings to Brodick.

References

Notes

Sources

External links
Video footage of Stevenston station.

Railway stations in North Ayrshire
Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
Railway stations served by ScotRail
SPT railway stations
Ardrossan−Saltcoats−Stevenston
2006 Colombian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on March 12, 2006 to elect members of the Senate and Chamber of Representatives. Presidential primaries were also held for the Liberal Party and the Alternative Democratic Pole prior to the upcoming presidential elections in May.

Chamber of Representatives

Senate
In the two-seat indigenous constituency, more blank votes were cast than votes for parties, resulting in a re-run being required. This took place with the same parties (AICO and ASI) but difference candidates.

Senate Members

 Of the 102 elected congressman and women that took office on July 20, 2006. 52 were re-elected, 25 had previously served in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia in the 2002–2006 term, 3 returned to the senate after a few years of absence and 22 were elected to congress for the first time.

References

See also
Spanish language Wikinews article

Parliamentary elections in Colombia
2006 elections in South America
Legislative
March 2006 events in South America
Saltcoats railway station

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}}Saltcoats railway station is a railway station serving the town of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

 History 
The station originally opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway. The station was relocated a short distance west of the original location on 1 July 1858 and relocated again to its present location (between the first two sites) in 1882. The station was known as Saltcoats Central''' from 30 June 1952 to 4 February 1965, when it was renamed back to its original name.

Station description 

Saltcoats station has two large station buildings, one of which is still in use as a ticket office. The second building on the westbound platform was once used as the station offices and station master's house, and is now a cafe.

Services 
Monday to Saturday daytimes there are half-hourly services eastbound to  and hourly westbound to  and  respectively.

On Sundays there is an hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Largs, plus five trains to Ardrossan Harbour to connect with the ferry to the Isle of Arran.

References

Notes

Sources

External links
Video footage of Saltcoats station.

Railway stations in North Ayrshire
Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1858
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1882
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
Railway stations served by ScotRail
SPT railway stations
Geroldsgrün

Geroldsgrün is a municipality in the Hof district of Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

Boroughs

 Dürrenwaid 
 Dürrenwaiderhammer
 Langenbachtal
 Langenau
 Langenbach
 Lotharheil
 Mühlleiten
 Geroldsgrün  
 Geroldsreuth
 Großenreuth
 Hermesgrün 
 Hertwegsgrün   
 Hirschberglein     
 Silberstein  
 Steinbach
 Untersteinbach

The boroughs of Geroldsgrün for the most part are registered air health resorts.

History
The earliest mention of the town is 1323 as Gerhartsgrün. Until recently Geroldsgrün always has been a bordertown between various dominions. In the past it was on the border of the Archdiocese of Bamberg to Grafen von Orlamünde, later between the diocese and Margravate Bayreuth-Kulmbach and in recent times until the reunification between West and East Germany.

In 1972 the former municipality of Dürrenwaid becomes part of Geroldsgrün  and with the dissolution of the district of Naila Geroldsgrün becomes part of the rural district of Hof. On 1 May 1978 Geroldsgrün reached its current size with the inclusion of Langenbach and Steinbach.

Climate
The annual average temperature in Geroldsgrün is 6.7 °C and the average rainfall is 1,002 mm.

References

Hof (district)
Benjamin Benditson

Benjamin Benditson (born February 16, 1983 in Tarzana, California) is an American soccer player, currently without a team.

Career

Youth and College
Benditson began playing soccer when he was five, playing club soccer for Real SoCal, and for both Oak Park High School and Milken Community High School. He played two years of college soccer at the University of Portland, and then transferred to Cal State Northridge for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Benditson  was named his team's defensive MVP in his second and last year at Northridge.

Professional
Benditson was drafted in the first round (10th overall) of the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft by Los Angeles Galaxy. He spent most of the 2005 season with the Galaxy's reserve team, making his first team debut when he replaced an injured Chris Albright in a 0-0 home draw against the Columbus Crew on May 26, 2005.  He missed the second half of the 2005 season through injury, and underwent surgery in Munich, Germany to repair a sports hernia in April 2006. He was waived by Galaxy on August 8, 2006.

Benditson subsequently had trials with English club Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Dutch club NEC and Danish club Viborg FF in January 2007, but was not offered a professional contract.

He joined the San Fernando Valley Quakes of the USL Premier Development League for the 2008 season, but did not feature in any games due to persistent injury, and left the team prior to the end of the season.

External links
L.A. Galaxy bio

References

1983 births
Living people
People from Tarzana, Los Angeles
American men's soccer players
LA Galaxy players
San Fernando Valley Quakes players
University of Portland alumni
Portland Pilots men's soccer players
Cal State Northridge Matadors men's soccer players
Major League Soccer players
LA Galaxy draft picks
Men's association football defenders
Soccer players from Ventura County, California
Ardrossan South Beach railway station

Ardrossan South Beach railway station is one of three in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History 

The station was opened on 1 January 1883 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, during the extension of the former Ardrossan Railway to Largs. It became part of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.

Originally a two side platform station, the eastbound platform was demolished in 1987, with passenger trains for both directions now using the westbound platform. The eastbound track remains and is used for freight (mainly to and from Hunterston Terminal). A ticket office is still present at this station and is staffed for most services.  The short (1 mile/1.6 km) branch line to  diverges just to the northwest at Holm Junction, providing rail access to the ferry terminal used by the Caledonian MacBrayne sailings to the Isle of Arran.

There were locomotive sheds just slightly to the west of the station, built in 1881. This was a fairly large complex including offices, stores and workshops and employed over 300 people at its peak. The succession of diesel engines over steam led to the sheds' demise, and they were demolished in 1975. A single siding is in place at the site.

Facilities 
The station has a small car park (23 spaces) and ticket office staffed seven days a week.

Services

2009 
On Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and an hourly service westbound to both  and . Since 2009, most  services have been extended to , where there are ferry connections to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

On Sundays, there is usually an hourly service towards Glasgow Central and Largs with extra services to Ardrossan Harbour, connecting with the ferry.

From December 2011 
 2 trains per hour to 
 1 train per hour to  (with peak hour extras)
 1 train per hour to . Some services are timed to coincide with the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry service to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

On Sundays, there are usually hourly services towards Glasgow Central and Largs, with five services to Ardrossan Harbour connecting with the ferry.

References

Notes

Sources

External links

 Ardrossan South beach Railway Station
 Stations on navigable O.S. map. Used station near Golf Course on line towards Stevenston.

Railway stations in North Ayrshire
Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1883
Railway stations served by ScotRail
SPT railway stations
Ardrossan−Saltcoats−Stevenston
Ardrossan Harbour railway station

Ardrossan Harbour railway station is one of three remaining railway stations in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail but unusually it is not owned by Network Rail, but instead owned by Peel Ports. It is on the Ayrshire Coast Line,  south west of . The station is an interchange for Caledonian MacBrayne ferry sailings to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

History 
The station was originally opened on 19 January 1987 to replace the closed Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station. Ardrossan Harbour station is slightly further inland (approximately 220 yards/200 metres to the east) than its predecessor and is sited at the end of a 1-mile (1.6 km) long branch line from .

Opened under sectorisation of British Rail, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.

The station is unstaffed and consists of a single platform and shelter, a short walk from the "CalMac" terminal building.

Services 
From the opening of the station, services generally only ran to connect with the CalMac sailings to Brodick.

2018:There is an hourly service for most of the day to/from Glasgow Central with a few extras during peak hours, A limited service of 5 departures and 4 arrivals operates on Sundays. There is no late evening service after 2200 with the last services terminating at the nearby Ardrossan Town.

Prior to May 2009, Only 5 trains per day operated to/from the station to connect with the ferry to Brodick, All other trains terminated at the nearby Ardrossan Town.

Ferry services
A ferry, operated by Caledonian MacBrayne, sails from Ardrossan Harbour to Brodick. In Summer 2013 a service to Campbeltown was provided on Thursday and Friday evenings, returning on Friday and Saturday mornings, with a return trip on Sundays.

References

Notes

Sources

External links
 Video footage of Ardrossan Harbour Station in 2016

Railway stations in North Ayrshire
Railway stations opened by British Rail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1987
Railway stations serving harbours and ports in the United Kingdom
SPT railway stations
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Ardrossan−Saltcoats−Stevenston
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam

The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages.

Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967).

The first winner of the "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Malayalam" was the 1954 film Neelakuyil. Jointly directed by P. Bhaskaran and Ramu Kariat, the film was based on a story written by Malayalam writer Uroob. It told the story of a love affair between a Dalit girl and an educated, high caste school teacher. The film is considered landmark in Malayalam cinema history. Along with Neelakuyil, S. S. Rajan directed film Sneha Seema was honoured with a Certificate of Merit. Following is the list of Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) recipient films produced in Malayalam language.

Winners 

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

References

External links 
 Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
 National Film Awards Archives

Malayalam
Malayalam cinema
West Kilbride railway station

West Kilbride railway station is a railway station that serves the village of West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History 

The station was opened on 1 May 1878 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway as part of the extension of the former Ardrossan Railway to Largs. The present station building was designed in 1900 by the noted architect James Miller. A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1954 to 1957, two coaches were here in 1964 and three from 1965 to 1967.

Originally a two platform station, the southbound platform was demolished as part of the electrification works in 1985. The former northbound line (to Largs) is electrified and signalled for bi-directional working, being used by passenger trains for both directions, and by northbound freight trains to the Hunterston Terminal. The former southbound track is signalled for southbound working only and is not electrified, being used by southbound trains from Hunterston.
The station building still stands but is no longer used as part of the station itself. Since the ticket office closed the building has been home to shops, cafés, and a restaurant but has now fallen into disuse.

Services
An hourly service operates in each direction off-peak on weekdays and all weekend, northbound to  and southbound to ,  and then on to .  Some extra trains run at peak times.  Typical journey times to Glasgow are 48–54 minutes (depending on stopping pattern).

References

Notes

Sources

External links
 YouTube video of West Kilbride railway station

Category B listed buildings in North Ayrshire
Listed railway stations in Scotland
Railway stations in North Ayrshire
Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1878
Railway stations served by ScotRail
SPT railway stations
James Miller railway stations
People's Radio Hong Kong

People's Radio Hong Kong (Chinese:香港人民廣播電台) or its abbreviation PRHK.org (Chinese:人民台)is a defunct online radio station in Hong Kong. The initial objectives include:

 the formation of a local community radio station,
 not accepting donations
 participation in political groups independently operated by volunteers,
 accept public donations as the main source of funding.

Radio Hong Kong People's First, referred to as "people's first", created mainly to comment on current affairs and public issues, and the main program include the "Long Menzhen Storm" and "ShiuShiu Podcast" (風蕭蕭).

The second station is referred to as "People's second", mainly to discuss a small minority issues and the users produced programs, the current broadcast programs include "international free exercise", "Hong Kong people philosophy stresses", "Hong Kong way out" and " My Network Places " and so on.

In Hong Kong, People's Radio is aired the first Tuesday night with the Neighborhood and Workers Service Center online radio network; Friday will be two sets of programs broadcast .

See also
Media of Hong Kong

References 
Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Radio.  2006-08-30 17:03. Describes the legal problems of an over-the-air independent radio station, and places the operations of People's Radio Hong Kong in context.
Translation:
Pinyin translated with CozyChinese.COM

Internet radio stations
Internet in Hong Kong
Defunct mass media in Hong Kong
Fairlie railway station

Fairlie railway station serves the village of Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History 

The station was originally opened on 1 June 1880 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway during the extension of the former Ardrossan Railway to Largs. It was renamed Fairlie Town on 30 June 1952, however this name was short-lived and the station became Fairlie High on 2 March 1953. A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1954 to 1955, two coaches from 1956 to 1957 and two coaches again from 1961 to 1963. The station was renamed back to its original title some time before 1986.

Following the construction of Hunterston A nuclear power station, a siding was provided for flask trains, which was subsequently used for Hunterston B. In the mid 1990s, this was moved to the Hunterston Ore Terminal.

Originally a two platform station, it now has only one platform, the former northbound platform. The southbound platform was demolished and its track removed as part of the electrification of the Largs branch of the Ayrshire Coast Line in 1986. The  long Fairlie Tunnel is directly to the north of the station.

Services 
 1tph to Largs
 1tph to Glasgow Central via  and 

The basic service runs throughout the week, including Sundays (though Sunday trains make additional mainline stops). Additional trains run during the weekday business peaks.

References

Notes

Sources

External links
Fairlie Station with a train for Largs

Railway stations in North Ayrshire
Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1880
Railway stations served by ScotRail
SPT railway stations
Largs railway station

Largs railway station is a railway station in the town of Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network Rail. It is on the Ayrshire Coast Line,  south west of .

History 

The station was originally opened on 1 June 1885 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, as the terminus of the extension of the former Ardrossan Railway to Largs.

The station originally had four platforms with additional stabling lines, a glazed canopy and a footbridge spanning the platforms.

By the time the electrification project commenced only three platforms and the centre stabling line were in operation. A fire in 1985 destroyed the station signal box and shortly afterwards work was undertaken to remodel & rationalise the track layout and modernise the signalling ahead of the planned electrification (as part of the wider Ayrshire Coast scheme). Once this was completed by British Rail in 1987, only two platforms remained in use with the line southwards having been reduced to single track.  The standard 25 kV A.C overhead system was used, with the signalling system supervised from Paisley signalling centre.

1995 demolition in accident 

On 11 July 1995 an early morning Class 318 from  failed to stop. It crashed through the buffers and the back of the ticket office, severely damaging parts of the station building, and demolished two shops before coming to a stop next to the taxi rank on Main Street. An eye-witness described the noise with the station shaking as the train "was ploughing through it like a set of dominoes", then "the whole corner of the building disintegrating". Although the driver, the guard and three others suffered injuries, there was considerable relief that no-one was killed.

Reconstruction: new station building

For several years there were discussions of redevelopment and replacement buildings, and in 2001 a small ticket office was constructed. A £200,000 makeover (including a new station building) was completed in 2005, albeit much simpler than the original.

Services 
There is an hourly service to and from Glasgow Central (including Sundays), with additional services during weekday peak periods. Trains usually use Platform 2, with the exception of the 0722 and 1953 services to Glasgow, which use Platform 1.

References

Notes

Sources 

 
 

Train collisions in Scotland
Railway stations in North Ayrshire
Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885
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Railway stations served by ScotRail
SPT railway stations
Largs
Kim Lewis

Kim Lewis (born 5 September 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a television, stage and film actress, best known for her roles in TV series including Julie Scott in The Restless Years and as Jill Taylor / O'Donnell in the television soap opera Sons and Daughters.

Film and TV roles
Her first film role was as Ida Pender in Squizzy Taylor in 1981. Later television appearances include A Country Practice, Home and Away, All Saints and Packed to the Rafters.  
 
She also acted on stage starting from 1986 until 2020, roles include The Heidi Chronicles

Personal life
Lewis has one child with her husband and fellow Australian actor, John Howard.

She also helped produce the film Sweethearts.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Living people
1963 births
Australian soap opera actresses
Maybole railway station

Maybole railway station is a railway station serving the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History 
The station was opened on 24 May 1860, originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway). The station replaced the original Maybole station, which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.

The station was originally a two side platform station rebuilt in 1880, with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform. When the line was singled in 1973 the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and main building remain, part of which is a local convenience store and part used by Network Rail.

December 2019 

There is a regular hourly service in both directions to Ayr and Girvan(8 of which continue to Stranraer) on Monday to Saturdays

Ten of the northbound trains continue to Kilmarnock (and two extend to Glasgow Central via Barrhead).

On Sundays there are five trains each way, northbound to Ayr and southbound to Stranraer.

December 2020 
There are 12 trains per day in both directions to Ayr and Girvan(4 of which continue to Stranraer) on Monday to Saturdays.

Six of the northbound trains continue to Kilmarnock (and one extends to Glasgow Central via Barrhead).

Sunday services remain the same.

January 2021

Mon-Sat: There are nine trains per day northbound to Ayr/Kilmarnock and nine trains southbound to Girvan/Stranraer. Four trains continue to Kilmarnock. Three trains continue to Stranraer. Only the 0700 service from Stranraer continues further to Glasgow Central and the 0808 service from Glasgow Central continues to Stranraer. There is another service from Glasgow Central that terminates at Girvan at 18:56.

Sunday services remains the same.

Due to COVID-19 affecting signalling staff availability, the following services that call here were suspended/truncated in January 2021:

0621 Ayr - Girvan

0653 Girvan - Kilmarnock

1809 Glasgow Central to Stranraer

1903 Stranraer to Kilmarnock

2108 Kilmarnock - Girvan

2203 Girvan to Ayr

References

Notes

Sources

External links

Video, commentary and annotation on Maybole railway station

Railway stations in South Ayrshire
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1860
SPT railway stations
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
Maybole
Girvan railway station

Girvan railway station is a railway station serving the town of Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all passenger services from there. It is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line and is situated  south of . It has two platforms and is the location of one of the five passing loops on the single track line between Dalrymple Junction (south of Ayr) and Stranraer. Immediately south of the station, the line climbs steeply towards Pinmore tunnel – the climb is known as the Glendoune Bank and has a ruling gradient of 1 in 54.

History 
The station was opened on 5 October 1877 by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway and was known as Girvan New, replacing the Girvan (Old) terminus station of the Maybole and Girvan Railway situated nearby. The station closed on 7 February 1882, reopened 1 August 1883, closed 12 April 1886, reopened 18 June 1886, closed again 2 September 1886, reopened 14 July 1890, and was renamed Girvan on 1 April 1893 after rebuilding by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, who had taken over the G&PJR the previous year.  From 1906–1942, it also served as the southern terminus of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

The main station building caught fire in January 1946 and because the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) were not disposed to finance the rebuilding costs as nationalisation was imminent, rebuilding did not commence until 1949.  Owing to shortage of materials it was not completed until August 1951, when based on a typical 1930s LMS design it was re-opened. Along with the signal box, it is a category B listed structure as an example of an early post-war railway station in the Moderne style in Scotland. The station clock restored in 2009 is believed to be from the original station building.

The station is part of the South West Scotland Community Rail Partnership which comprises local Community Councils, representation from South Ayrshire Council, ScotRail as well as private individuals. SWSCRP has adopted the station and has provided tubs, shrubs and plants. These are tended to by the Girvan Make it Happen Group. SWSCRP also have their community shop and an office on site.

The station was the rail head for the 2009 UK Open Golf Championships.

Services 
All trains on the  to Stranraer route call, along with several to/from Ayr and beyond start or terminate here.

2022
On Monday to Saturday, there is a typically hourly service to/from Ayr, 6 trains of which continue to Kilmarnock with eight running the other way (and one train is extended to Glasgow Central).
 
There are 5 trains per day southbound to Stranraer which operate every to an irregular 2 or 4 hour frequency. On Sundays, there are 5 trains a day each way to both Ayr and Stranraer.

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Girvan
Barrhill railway station

Barrhill railway station is a railway station serving the village of Barrhill, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line,  south of Glasgow Central. A passing loop  long is located here on what is otherwise a single track route.

History 
The station was opened by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway on 5 October 1877. The station was briefly closed between 7 February 1882 and 16 February 1882, and between 12 April 1886 and 14 June 1886.

The station features in the novel Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers, first published in 1931.

The line that runs through Barrhill station was temporarily closed between August and November 2018 due to the closures of platform 3 and 4 of  Ayr station. This was caused by the adjacent hotel building that was found to be structurally unsound, which was then subsequently secured and services then resumed.

Services

Pre-COVID
On Monday to Saturday, there is a regular two-hourly service to both Kilmarnock and Stranraer with a total of eight trains per day in each direction (with a four-hour gap in between trains in the Stranraer direction in the evening), two trains extend beyond Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central and four run the other way.

On Sundays, there are five trains per day each way Stranraer and Ayr.

December 2021
Mon-Sat: There are 4 trains per day to both Kilmarnock and Stranraer, running approximately every 4 hours. One train extends to Glasgow Central and two run the other way. Sunday service remains the same.

Signalling 
The small signal box that houses the lever frame operating the loop was installed in 1935 after its predecessor was destroyed by fire - it was originally situated further down the line at Portpatrick but dismantled and moved to Barrhill after becoming redundant at its original location. The box only houses the frame however - the tablet instruments and block bells are in the main station building, which allows one railman to act as both stationmaster and signaller.

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Video and narration on Barrhill Railway Station.

Railway stations in South Ayrshire
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1877
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Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
1877 establishments in Scotland
HNoMS Frøya

The minelayer HNoMS Frøya was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy by the naval shipyard in Horten during World War I, with yard number 108. A fast ship for her time, she was kept in service until the German invasion of Norway in 1940. At some point between her commissioning and 1940, a 76 mm gun was added to her armaments. Frøya was the first purpose-built minelayer commissioned into the RNoN.

Frøya and the invasion
At the time the Germans invaded Norway, Frøya was underway from Finnmark to Horten naval base in the Oslofjord, and on 8 April she anchored at Brekstad harbour at Ørland at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord. Due to bad weather Captain T. Schrøder-Nielsen was reluctant to cross Hustadvika bay on with the ship's full load of mines and had sought shelter at Brekstad overnight. When, on the morning of 9 April, the German assault came, the crew of the Frøya observed the intruding German warships making their way to Trondheim. Trapped in the fjord, the decision was made to move the minelayer into the nearby Stjørnfjord. In the Stjørnfjord Frøya repeatedly came under attack from both land based artillery and Luftwaffe bombers. On 13 April Captain Schrøder-Nielsen decided all hope was lost and, refusing to let his ship fall into German hands, he ordered her scuttled. After removing some equipment and Frøyas load of mines for possible later use the crew of Frøya rammed their ship at great speed ashore at Søtvika, opened the ship's valves and at 12:30 fired explosive charges, demolishing her. Shortly after being scuttled the wreck of Frøya was discovered by Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Rollmann of the . As the U-boat captain believed her still to be salvageable for the Norwegians the submarine torpedoed Frøya, blowing the stern off the already wrecked minelayer.

The wreck today
After she was scuttled, it was still possible to explore the wreck. Even today enough remains to make Frøya an interesting wreck to dive on.

References

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 Naval history via FLIX: Frøya, retrieved 14 March 2006 
 HNoMS Frøya Krigsseilerregisteret 

Maritime incidents in April 1940
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2000–01 Vyshcha Liha

The 2000–01 Vyshcha Liha season was the 10th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions
Stal Alchevsk, the runners-up of the 1999–2000 Ukrainian First League  – (debut)

Note: the 1999–2000 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted.

Location

Managers

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Notable Transfers
Georgi Demetradze, FC Dynamo Kyiv to Real Sociedad
Serhiy Zakarlyuka, CSCA Kyiv to FC Metalurh Donetsk

External links
ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information

Ukrainian Premier League seasons
1
Ukra
Hans Winkler

Hans Karl Albert Winkler (23 April 1877 – 22 November 1945) was a German botanist.  He was Professor of Botany at the University of Hamburg, and a director of that university's Institute of Botany. Winkler coined the term 'heteroploidy' in 1916. He is remembered for coining the term 'genome' in 1920, by making a portmanteau of the words gene and chromosome. He wrote: 

This may be translated as: "I propose the expression Genom for the haploid chromosome set, which, together with the pertinent protoplasm, specifies the material foundations of the species ..."
Among his experiments was the discovery of chimeras (also chimaeras) by grafting a Deadly Nightshade and tomato plant and observing a shoot which displayed characteristics of both plants.

Winkler also worked at the University of Naples, in Italy, where he researched the physiology of the alga Bryopsis.

He joined the NSDAP in 1937.

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20th-century German botanists
1877 births
1945 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Hamburg
William Buell Jr.

William Buell (February 28, 1792 – April 29, 1862) was a journalist and political figure in Upper Canada.

Life

Buell was born in Elizabethtown (later Brockville) in 1792, the son of William Buell and his wife Martha Naughton. He fought at the Battle of Crysler's Farm during the War of 1812. He operated a book store in Brockville and also served as editor of the Brockville Recorder from 1823 to 1849. The paper expressed his reform-oriented political views and also helped promote the development of the town by campaigning for improvements to transportation links. His brother Andrew Norton also contributed material to the newspaper and supported William in his political career.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Leeds as a Reform candidate in 1828 and again in 1830. In the next series of elections, violence at the polls by Ogle Robert Gowan's Orangemen resulted in the election results being declared invalid. Buell was eventually elected in 1836. However, Gowan and the Conservatives prevailed in the following election. During the Upper Canada Rebellion, Buell served with the local militia. He was appointed justice of the peace in the Johnstown District in 1840. In 1848, he helped elect his nephew William Buell Richards in Leeds. In 1849, he sold the newspaper and retired to his farm. He served as Brockville mayor in 1856 and 1857.

He died in Brockville in 1862.

His son Jacob Dockstader Buell served in the House of Commons and also served as mayor of Brockville.

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1792 births
1862 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Mayors of Brockville
Canadian newspaper editors
Sanquhar railway station

Sanquhar railway station is a railway station in the village of Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. The old station buildings are in use as a holiday home. The station was re-opened (in 1994) together with , , ,  and  after initially falling victim to the Beeching Axe in December 1965.  remained open but has also seen significant investment in its infrastructure.

Railway Mishap 1966 
On Sunday 14 August 1966, the previous evening's 22:10 Glasgow Central – London Euston consisting of five seating coaches, eight sleeping cars and two parcels vans hauled by EE Type 4 locomotive No. D311 crashed into a landslide between Sanquhar and Carrondale at 00:30. The loco and first ten coaches were derailed. None of the 270 passengers and four train crew were injured.

Services 
On Monday to Saturdays, there are 9 trains per day in each direction towards Dumfries (6 of these continue to Carlisle) and Glasgow Central running on a mostly 2 hourly frequency, however there can be gaps up to 4 hours at certain times of the day. On Sundays, there are 2 trains per day in each direction towards Carlisle and Glasgow.

See also
Mennock Lye Goods Depot

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Railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1994
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Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
1850 establishments in Scotland
Sanquhar
Holtwood Arboretum

The Holtwood Arboretum over 5,000 acres (20 km²), also known as Holtwood Preserve, is a recreation area, arboretum, and wildflower preserve located on New Village Road off Pennsylvania Route 372 in Lancaster County, Holtwood, Pennsylvania. It is open to the public daily without charge.

The site is owned by PPL Corporation and provides public recreation, camping, hiking, picnicking, sightseeing, fishing, and hunting. The lower Susquehanna River runs through the preserve, which also contains substantial fish ladders (said to be the largest in the United States) and a museum of Native American artifacts.

See also 
 List of botanical gardens in the United States

External links 
 Holtwood Preserve

Arboreta in Pennsylvania
Botanical gardens in Pennsylvania
Parks in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Kirkconnel railway station

Kirkconnel railway station is a railway station in the town of Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is unstaffed, owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.

History 
Kirkconnel is situated on the former Glasgow and South Western Railway main line between  and . It was one of the few stations on the route to avoid the Beeching Axe in the mid-1960s and was the only intermediate station between Kilmarnock and Dumfries for many years.

The railway poet
A plaque at the station commemorates Alexander Anderson, the poet from Kirkconnel, who rose from being a railway worker to become Chief Librarian at the University of Edinburgh. He was a surfaceman or platelayer on the Glasgow and South Western Railway, and generally wrote under the name of Surfaceman.

Services 
On Monday to Saturdays, there are nine trains per day in each direction towards Dumfries (six of these continue to Carlisle) and Glasgow Central running on a mostly two-hourly frequency. However, there can be gaps up to four hours at certain times of the day. On Sundays, there is a very limited service of two trains per day in each direction towards Carlisle and Glasgow.

There was previously one train a day to Newcastle on Monday to Saturdays, however this was stopped in the May 2022 timetable change.

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Video and commentary on Alexander Anderson, poet
Video and commentary on Kirkconnel Railway Station

Railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
1850 establishments in Scotland