Peter Mugridge
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Probably the taxpayer.
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Ayr Station Hotel Fire 28/05/2023 and now on fire again 25/09/2023
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Buzby
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I would think that’ll be the Council Tax payers. Wouldn’t you?
D6130
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Hopefully that beautiful stone crest will be preserved in a museum somewhere.
MadMac
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I couldn’t remember who ordered it put there in the first place, Council or NR.
Buzby
Member
From memory, the Council primarily to protect the punters from falling debris - NR had already sold off the BTH property with the Council chasing the owner for the scaffolding costs.
Peter Mugridge
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I wonder if this storm tonight will finish off the demolition work in one go...?
It wouldn't surprise me if certain folk at South Ayrshire Council, Network Rail and ScotRail were hoping for that outcome!
D6130
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Understandable....but, given the wind direction, the remaining masonry and scaffolding would probably have come crashing down all over the platforms, canopy and tracks.
Peter Mugridge
Veteran Member
...and they'd probably have it all cleared up and trains running normally again by the end of next week if that had happened.
D6130
Established Member
Hmm....there would be an awful lot of broken class and shattered cast iron to clear up!
I suspect an insurer somewhere along the line.
Not if the masonry smashed the tracks, ballast, and platform to hell from 4 storeys up. There's a reason they didn't just take a weekend possession and smash it down in the first place.
MadMac
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Quick update from last week’s Ayr Advertiser. Also, the SAVE Britain’s Heritage brigade have been “demanding” that the North Wing be saved. No offer of financial support, of course.
Blindtraveler
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I still strongly suspect that ultimately what will be left of it is not worth saving and whilst the heritage groups may jump up and down it will all be removed eventually. Would just be nice to get some kind of railway operation other than a diesel shuttle back up and running again
Buzby
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Platform 1 is quite restricted (with the rebuilding of the northbound side station underway). To be honest, I’d always thought they could have made Newton on Ayr the final stop as it would be less inconvenient?
hexagon789
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I think it was mentioned before that crossing over at Newton-on-Ayr is an issue.
The Puddock
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Blindtraveler
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One wonders if, given that an insurance company or several of them are now effectively bankrolling large bits of this, could they not do some kind of modification to how it isolated or sections to allow this move to be possible? Or perhaps it isn't worth the hassle
The Puddock
Member
It's not that simple, unfortunately.
Redesigning the electrical systems would be a rather large job, and worth decade's worth of scaffolding costs.
MadMac
Member
There are rumours that the Townhead stabling facility will be available by the end of March or thereabouts enabling a return of electric services from the station. On a related note, a tamper has been moved to the Stranraer line by road over the weekend, and it is rumoured that the crane for offloading it to do several days work will be used to recover the two “stranded” 156 sets by road.
Rick1984
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Good that they're at least discussing a travel hub
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
Ayr station and bus station could be created by 2028 (Image: South Ayrshire Council)
Daily Record:
Stunning new vision for Ayr shows travel hub for town
An online consultation has given an insight into what the future could hold for Ayr station.
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have posted this here, as was a result of fire
156495 which has been out of hours at Stranraer has today been lifted on to low loaders for return to Corkerhill
A tamper came in the opposite direction
156503 remains at Girvan, and maybe also be recovered in next few days. 156503 is a failure (think engine)
Thanks to a poster on Scot-rail group
156495 which has been out of hours at Stranraer has today been lifted on to low loaders for return to Corkerhill
A tamper came in the opposite direction
156503 remains at Girvan, and maybe also be recovered in next few days. 156503 is a failure (think engine)
Thanks to a poster on Scot-rail group
MadMac
Member
The unit at Girvan was apparently an engine failure as you say.
According to the Daily Record, the site won't be handed back to NR until early April and then NR have to check everything presumably before switching the power on. Because of the lengthy closure, traincrew need refresher courses and it looks unlikely that services will resume in time for the big Race meeting in the third week of April
Blindtraveler
Established Member
Those two units should keep depot staff busy for a couple of weeks, presumably quite major work to re-commission as well as interior cleaning and whatever else, they will be fault lights Galore and they switch those back on again
Strathclyder
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Was going to mention that I had passed one vehicle of 503 on the back of a flatbed as it was parked in a layby on the M74 south of Beattock yesterday afternoon while headed home after collecting our new puppy. Once I recognized it (took me a second or two!), I immediately figured it had something to do with the Ayr blockade and that it had come from Girvan.