title: Irvine Bank Street railway station
text: # Irvine Bank Street railway station
  
  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. It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to the wartime economy, 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.
  
  Today, parts of the former station buildings are used by the Irvine Times local newspaper.
  
  