Irvine Bank Street railway station was a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
History The station opened on 2 June 1890, and was simply known as Irvine.Butt, page 128 It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to the wartime economy,Stansfield, page 27 and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Irvine Bank Street on 2 June, 1924. The station closed to passengers on 28 July, 1930, however, the line continued to be used for freight trains until 1939.
Parts of the former station buildings were used by the Irvine Times local newspaper.
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Wark, Hugh, Webster, John and Higgins, Michael (1972). "Glimpses of a Caledonian Branch". In The Railway Magazine, Volume 118, No. 851. Pages 128 - 131. (March 1972).