…On 24 September 1996, class 156 diesel unit 156433 was named "The Kilmarnock Edition" by Jimmy Knapp, General Secretary of the RMT union, at Girvan Station to launch the new "Burns Line" services between Girvan, Ayr and Kilmarnock, supported by Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT).…
James Knapp (29 September 1940 - 13 August 2001) was a prominent British trade unionist and, successively, General Secretary of the National Union of