Kilwinning railway station
Kilwinning railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio 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.
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 Overview of Kilwinning railway station. The Ayr platforms are on the right but the Largs/Ardrossan platforms are to the left. | |
| Location | Kilwinning, North Ayrshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.6561°N 4.7096°W |
| Grid reference | NS295436 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KWN |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Key dates | |
| 23 March 1840[2] | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  1.009 million |
| 2016/17 | 1.017 million |
| 2017/18 | 1.043 million |
| 2018/19 |  1.008 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.938 million |
| 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
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
The station is located on Byers Road about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) from the town centre. There is a staffed ticket office(manned 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. In 2019 the station went under accessibility upgrades to add lifts to a new crossbridge and step-free access to all platforms.[4]
Station usage
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
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
Most buses do not come into the station forecourt, but there is a bus stop 100 yards (90 m) north of the station.
Services
2018
- 6 trains per hour to Glasgow Central (2 direct, 2 semi-fast and 2 all stops).
- 4 trains per hour to Ayr.
- 5 trains per day to Edinburgh Waverley.
- 1 train per hour to Largs.
- 1 train per hour to Ardrossan Harbour.
Stopping patterns on the Glasgow service vary – 2 trains per hour call at all stations to Paisley Gilmour Street, whilst two others run non-stop and the remainder serve principal stations only.[3]
The Sunday service is:
- 3 trains per hour to Glasgow Central
- 2 trains per hour to Ayr
- 1 train per hour to Largs
- 4 trains per day to Ardrossan Harbour
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Stevenston | Abellio ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line |
Dalry or Glasgow Central or Johnstone | ||
| Irvine | Abellio ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line |
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| 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 |
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Rail and sea connections
Northern Ireland
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.
Former connection closed in 2016: along the Ayrshire Coast Line to Troon for the P&O Ferries service to Larne Harbour.
Isle of Arran
Trains also connect along the Ayrshire Coast Line to Ardrossan Harbour for the Caledonian MacBrayne service to Brodick.
References
Notes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt (1995), page 133
- GB National Rail Timetable May–December 2017, Table 221
- 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.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
External links
Media related to Kilwinning railway station at Wikimedia Commons