page_title: Minishant
section_title: Cassillis railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Minishant / Buildings and structures / Cassillis railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Cassillis railway station site. Line to Girvan &amp; Stranraer, South Ayrshire. View from Minishant road. Closed in 1954 and the line singled.
context_page_description: Minishant is a village bordering the A77 in the old county of Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located in Maybole Parish, 3.5 miles from Maybole and standing close to the River Doon. The village was originally named Culroy after the Culroy Burn that runs through it.
context_section_description: Cassillis railway station was opened on 13 October 1856 by the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway the line passed to the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The station served Minishant and the nearby farming area including Cassillis House and estate. Originally it was a single platform station however a second platform was added with a goods yard when the line was doubled. Cassillis closed 6 December 1954 however the now single track line to Maybole, Girvan and Stranraer remains in regular use. The regular bus service on the A77 drew passengers away from this 'out of the way' station.
caption: Cassillis Villa and old railway station site
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