History
The original Kilmaurs station was opened on 26 June 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway. The buildings on the Up platform (the platform for trains to Kilmarnock and the South) was destroyed by fire in 1914 and replaced by a brick building which, until its closure in 1966, was the only one in south west Scotland to be centrally heated. To the south of the station, a signal box containing 17 levers controlled the section and allowed access to a goods yard.
The station officially closed on 7 November 1966. The current station opened on 12 May 1984.
Platform extension work started in September 2009 to cater for longer units associated with the track doubling works between Stewarton and Lugton.
Being close to Kilmarnock station the guards often fail to sell tickets to all passengers travelling to Kilmarnock and as the station has no ticket machine the passenger figures are accordingly less than actual use.
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