Kilwinning railway station

Railway station in North Ayrshire, Scotland

For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway, see Kilwinning East railway station.

Kilwinning

Scottish Gaelic: Cill D'Fhinnein[1]

Overview of Kilwinning railway station. The Ayr platforms are on the right but the Largs/Ardrossan platforms are to the left.

General information
Location| Kilwinning, North Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates| 55°39′22″N 4°42′35″W﻿ / ﻿55.6561°N 4.7096°W﻿ / 55.6561; -4.7096
Grid reference| NS295436
Owned by| Network Rail
Managed by| 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
2018/19|  1.008 million
2019/20|  0.938 million
2020/21|  0.111 million
Interchange|  11,247
2021/22|  0.456 million
Interchange|  62,043
2022/23|  0.591 million
Interchange|  60,903
Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

The station is located on Byers Road about 1⁄2 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. 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Services[edit]

A Glasgow to Ayr service

### 2023[edit]

* 4 trains per hour to Glasgow Central (2 semi-fast and 2 all stops).
* 2 trains per hour to Ayr.
* 1 train per hour to Largs.
* 1 train per hour to Ardrossan Harbour.

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

|
|

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[edit]

### Northern Ireland[edit]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

### Notes[edit]

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[edit]

* 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. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
* 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[edit]

* Video footage - History of Kilwinning Station.

Media related to Kilwinning railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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