Milliken Park railway station

55°49′29″N 4°32′04″W / 55.8247°N 4.5344°W / 55.8247; -4.5344Grid referenceNS413620Managed byScotRailTransit authoritySPTPlatforms2Other informationStation codeMINHistoryOriginal companyGlasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr RailwayPre-groupingGlasgow and South Western RailwayPost-groupingLMSKey dates21 July 1840Opened as Cochrane Mill1 March 1853Renamed Milliken Park18 April 1966Original station closed15 May 1989New station openedPassengers2018/19 0.238 million2019/20 0.228 million2020/21 48,6902021/22 0.127 million2022/23 0.161 million

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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

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.^[2] The station was renamed Milliken Park on 1 March 1853^[2] and closed to passengers on 18 April 1966.^[3] 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.^{[citation needed]}

The current station opened on 15 May 1989,^[3] 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 nor ticket office, however, there is a ticket machine situated within the shelter of platform 1. There are also six cycle stands available.^[4]

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).^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Howwood		ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Johnstone
	Historical railways
Howwood Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Johnstone Line and station open

References

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Sources

• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.