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3rd May 1978
Set: 172
Ayr MPD allocated refurbished Class 101 Set No.172 is seen waiting for departure time in Ardrossan Harbour Station on the 3rd May 1978. Formed of DMBS SC51469 leading, TCL SC59557 intermediate, & DMCL SC51536 trailing she is forming a Boat Train service to Glasgow Central Station. The Clyde can be glimpsed through the opening on the right hand side of the image. Bob Woolnough.
4th October 1978
A class 107 Dmu connects with the Arran ferry at Ardrossan Harbour before returning to Glasgow Central on 4/10/1978. Stephen Burdett.
17th April 1979
Ardrossan Winton Pier station closed in 1987 when Ardrossan Harbour station opened slightly further inland. On 17 April 1979 a Derby-built Class 107 diesel unit stands at the platform adjacent to a sign pointing up the stairway to the "Belfast Ferry". Unfortunately this had ceased in 1976. In 1979, the ferry services from the adjacent pier sailed to Brodick. Jeremy Chapter.
27th June 1980
Set: 138
Sc51992 has reached the end of the line at Ardrossan Harbour, 27/6/80. Chris Lings.
28th May 1981
Set: 176
Class 101 set 176 at Ardrossan Harbour on 28/05/1981, with DMBS SC51795 nearest the camera, awaiting departure with a service to Glasgow Central. Graeme Phillips Collection.
29th August 1981
Set: 107428
The Branch Line Society "Ayrshire Wanderer" railtour at Ardrossan Harbour station on August 29, 1981. This used to be considered "rare track" as trains only ran here in connection with ferry sailings. Since 2009 there has been an hourly electric service to a new station closer to the town (i.e. further from the ferry). Jeremy Chapter.
16th September 1981
Set: 107429
Three-car car Class 107 Derby DMU with 51989 leading waits to return to Glasgow at Ardrossan Harbour on 16th September 1981. David Scott.
Unknown Date
Set: 101319
Metro-Cammel DMU 101319 stands at Ardrossan Harbour. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.
1st August 1982
Set: 444
Sc52031 on Ardrossan Harbour on August 1st, 1982. It carries set number 444 in a cab window, older set number 151 can still be made out where the stickers have been peeled off under the driver's window. The ferry to Arran in the background. John Carter.
9th October 1982
Set: 126413
SPS Railtour. Class 126 six car set with Sc51026 (126 413) at the buffer stops at Ardrossan Harbour (Winton Pier). Unit 126 406 at the rear will lead the Ayrshire Wanderer back to Holm Junction and South Beach Station where it will reverse then head north for Hunterston Low Level. Saturday 09 October 1982. alicia hartman.
9th October 1982
Class 126 DMS Sc51026 at Ardrossan Harbour (Winton Pier) with the SPS Ayrshire Wanderer railtour on Saturday 9 October 1982. John Horne.
9th October 1982
The SPS "Ayrshire Wanderer" railtour at Ardrossan Harbour on 9 October 1982. It was formed of 51026 + 59404 + 51043 / 51036 + 59411 + 51017. John Horne.
9th October 1982
Class 126 DMS Sc51026 at Ardrossan Harbour on Saturday 9 October 1982. It is working the Swindon Preservation Society Ayrshire Wanderer railtour, a tour of the same name had been run by the Branch Line Society the previous year. John Horne.
30th July 1983
Set: 101310
A 6-car formation at Ardrossan Harbour on 30 July 1983. The nearest set, 101 310, is a Class 101 / 107 hybrid. Chris Lings.
11th February 1984
Set: 101
Ardrossan Harbour railway station on Saturday 11 February 1984. Closest is Class 101 DMSL 53163, behind is a Class 107 centre car, and it appears the far power car is a Class 101. Ian 10B.
May 1985
Set: 101322
Ardrossan Harbour, May 1985, in the immediate pre-electrification period. 101322 (with 51250 presumably closest) appears to be stabled near the site of where the new Harbour station is now located. Scanned from a slide given to me by a former railwayman. Gordon Thomson Collection.
4th November 1985
Set: 104451
This class 104/107 3-car hybrid DMU set is seen in at Ardrossan Harbour Winton Pier Station prior to departure with the morning boat train to Glasgow on November 4, 1985. The station only had a sporadic service through the day connecting with ferry sailings to and from the Isle of Arran although the sign on the footbridge reads to the Belfast ferry this route had finished in the 1970's. This 3-car train would form service 1T82 09.35 to Glasgow Central. Adrian Nicholls.
19th November 1986
Set: 104451
Set 104451 only contains one Class 104 vehicles when seen at Ardrossan Harbour with the 15:18 Ardrossan Harbour - Glasgow service on November 19, 1986. DMBS SC53473 is working with two Class 120 vehicles, presumably 59264 and 51583. Hamish Stevenson.
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