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Ayr and Maybole Railway, a railway from Ayr southward to Maybole. The first reach of it, to the length of 3¾ miles, is part of the Glasgow and South-Western system, and forms a trunk-line to jointly the Maybole proper and the Dalmellington, the latter going south-eastward to a distance of 15 miles from Ayr. The next reach is the Maybole proper; goes 5¾ miles southward and south-south-westward to Maybole town; was authorised in 1854, on a capital of £33,000 in shares and £10,000 on loan; was opened in October1857; was worked and maintained, under an Act of 1863, by the Glasgow and South-Western; and in 1871 was vested in that company at 7 per cent. Another and longer reach, in continuation of the Maybole proper, and called the Maybole and Girvan, extends 12½ miles southward and south-south-westward from Maybole to Girvan. Authorised in 1856 on a capital of £68,000 in shares and £22,600 on loan, it was opened in 1860, and became amalgamated in 1865 with the Glasgow and South-Western.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Ayrshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Ayr |
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