page_title: Riccarton, East Ayrshire
section_title: Riccarton and Craigie railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Riccarton, East Ayrshire / History / Riccarton and Craigie railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: The Scotfuels rail link at Riccarton near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
context_page_description: Riccarton is a village and parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies across the River Irvine from Kilmarnock, this river forming the boundary between Riccarton and Kilmarnock parishes, and also between the historical districts of Kyle and Cunningham. The name is a corruption of 'Richard's town', traditionally said to refer to Richard Wallace, the uncle of Sir William Wallace. The parish also contains the village of Hurlford.
context_section_description: The village had a railway station by this name on the Gatehead and Hurlford branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Part of the line remains open to supply a petrol depot in Kilmarnock. The remains of the station were extant until the new Kilmarnock bypass removed all traces. It was a goods only station (no passengers) as the line never had a publicly advertised passenger service. It is listed in 1929 as 'Riccarton and Craigie' by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, one of the stations which the company conveyed goods to. It closed officially on 5 July 1965, originally just called Riccarton and renamed in 1905.
caption: The branch leading towards the Scotfuels Depot
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