Ardeer Platform railway station was a railway station serving the Nobel Industries branch of Imperial Chemical Industries near the town of Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... IMI plc is a British based engineering company headquartered in Birmingham. ... Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is a British chemical company, based in London. ... Stevenston is a town in Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of around 10000. ... North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ...

History

The station was originally opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway by July 1926, shortly before the merging of Nobel Industries with three other chemical companies to created Imperial Chemical Industries. The station was originally called Ardeer Works Platform but at some point the 'Works' title was dropped. The station closed to trains on 3 October 1966. The station was a long, single platform to accommodate the thousands of personnel that once worked at the factory. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Today the platform still exists although heavily overgrown and in disrepair. The branch from the Ayrshire Coast Line that carried trains to the station still existed (branching off in another direction just before the platform) until the early 2000s. The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network in Scotland. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.