Kilwinning railway station

Kilwinning railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line 26 miles (42 km) south of Glasgow Central, as well as the Glasgow South Western Line 69 miles (111 km) north of Stranraer. British Transport Police maintain an office here.

Kilwinning

Scottish Gaelic: Cill D'Fhinnein[1]
National Rail
Overview of Kilwinning railway station in 2019, Platforms 1 and 2 are to the left where trains to Glasgow, Ardrossan and Largs depart from while Platforms 3 and 4 are to the right which are used by trains to Glasgow and Ayr
General information
LocationKilwinning, North Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°39′22″N 4°42′35″W / 55.6561°N 4.7096°W / 55.6561; -4.7096
Grid referenceNS295436
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeKWN
History
Original companyGlasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow and South Western Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
23 March 1840[2]Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.938 million
2020/21Decrease 0.111 million
 Interchange  11,247
2021/22Increase 0.456 million
 Interchange Increase 62,043
2022/23Increase 0.591 million
 Interchange Decrease 60,903
2023/24Increase 0.710 million
 Interchange Increase 80,687
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station has the most frequent service in Ayrshire, being served by all trains on both the Ayr main line and the branches to Ardrossan Harbour and Largs, with the sole exception of 1K49 17:47 Glasgow Central to Ayr which runs non-stop from Paisley to Irvine.[3]

History

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The station was opened on 23 March 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway[2] and was built as an interchange, seeing traffic coming from Glasgow, Ayr and Ardrossan (and later Largs).

Station facilities

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The station is located on Byers Road about 12 mile (800 m) from the town centre. There is a staffed ticket office (open Monday - Saturday 06:05 - 23:30 Sunday 08:50- 23:30), a toilet, a kiosk, a waiting room and a ticket vending machine. Train running information is offered via digital CIS displays, automated announcements, timetable posters and customer help points on each platform. In 2012, a new 130-space car park opened. There is lifts to all platforms located on Platform 1, Platform 2/3 by the main entrance and Platform 4. For security reasons, The lifts are only in operation when the ticket office are open and are locked after 7pm and when no staff are on duty[4]

Station usage

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The station is popular with commuters travelling to Glasgow from Ayrshire and beyond. It is the last stop before the Ayrshire Coast line splits in two, so trains stop at this station more than any other in Ayrshire.

British Transport Police

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The station houses a Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) from the British Transport Police. Officers from Kilwinning cover all stations south of Kilwinning and north of Kilwinning until Lochwinnoch; Police Scotland officers will cover if British Transport Police officers are not available.

Bus services

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Most buses do not come into the station forecourt, but there is a bus stop 100 yards (90 m) north of the station.

Services

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A Glasgow to Ayr service

2023

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The Sunday service is:

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Stevenston   ScotRail
Ayrshire Coast Line
  Dalry or Glasgow Central or Johnstone
Irvine   ScotRail
Ayrshire Coast Line
 
  Historical railways  
Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier
1947 - 1960
Line and station closed
  British Railways
Montgomerie Pier Branch
  Connection with
Ardrossan Railway at
Stevenston No. 1 Jct.
Stevenston
Line and station open
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Ardrossan Railway
  Dalry Junction
Line open; station closed
Bogside
Line open; station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
 

Rail and sea connections

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Northern Ireland

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Trains connect Ayr along the Glasgow South Western Line to Stranraer where a bus link runs: route 350 operated by Macleans Coaches (except Sundays) to Cairnryan.[5] for onward ferries to the Port of Belfast by Stena Line and Larne Harbour by P&O Ferries.

Isle of Arran

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Trains also connect along the Ayrshire Coast Line to Ardrossan Harbour for the Caledonian MacBrayne service to Brodick.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 133
  3. ^ GB National Rail Timetable May–December 2017, Table 221
  4. ^ Fullarton, Clair (25 June 2019). "£4m Kilwinning station works continue as bridge steelworks are completed". dailyrecord. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources

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  Media related to Kilwinning railway station at Wikimedia Commons