Prestwick Town railway station

Prestwick Town railway station is a railway station serving the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. Originally known only as Prestwick, it was one of the original stations on the Ayr to Irvine portion of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway opened in August 1839.

Prestwick Town

Scottish Gaelic: Baile Phreastabhaig[1]
LocationPrestwick, South Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.5020°N 4.6143°W / 55.5020; -4.6143
Grid referenceNS349262
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePTW
History
Opened1839
Passengers
2015/16 0.393 million
2016/17 0.421 million
2017/18 0.444 million
2018/19 0.409 million
2019/20 0.384 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Prestwick Town is one of the few stations on the Ayrshire Coast Line that remains manned (the ticket office being staffed part-time, seven days per week - Monday - Saturday 06:35 - 17:50, Sunday 09:10 - 16:50). Facilities include a medium-sized car park and a cafe is present in the station building itself.[2]

The ticket office at Prestwick Town has recently been refurbished, and now includes a height-adjustable ticket desk and automatic doors. Smartcard validators have been installed at the entrances to both platforms. Step-free access is only available on platform 2, as the opposite platform is only reachable via a stepped footbridge or steep ramp from the nearby road.[3]

Services

The station has a basic service to Glasgow Central and Ayr of four trains per hour Mon-Sat (with a few weekday peak extras). Of these, two serve all stations to Paisley Gilmour Street en route, whilst the others run fast north of Kilwinning; some are also extended to/from Edinburgh Waverley via Carstairs. Certain Kilmarnock - Ayr - Stranraer services also stop here. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service each way to Glasgow and Ayr. ( this drops to hourly after 7pm) [4]

References

  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. Prestwick Town station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. Railscot - Prestwick Town Crawford, E, www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 10 October 2017
  4. Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2017
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Newton-on-Ayr   Abellio ScotRail
Ayrshire Coast Line
  Prestwick International Airport
Ayr   Abellio ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
 
  Historical railways  
Ayr
Line and station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
  Monkton
Line open; station closed
Newton-on-Ayr
Line and station open
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Ayr and Dalmellington Railway
  Connection with GPK&AR
at Falkland Junction


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