title: Skares railway station
text: # Skares railway station
  
  Skares railway station was a railway station serving the former mining village of Skares, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr and Cumnock Branch on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on 1 July 1872, and closed on 10 September 1951.
  
  