Irvine railway station

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Irvine
Location
Place Irvine
Local authority North Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°36′39″N 4°40′29″W / 55.6109, -4.6747Coordinates: 55°36′39″N 4°40′29″W / 55.6109, -4.6747
Grid reference NS315385
Operations
Station code IRV
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 * 0.762 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
5 August 1839 Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Irvine from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Irvine railway station is a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line 30 miles (48 km) south west of Glasgow Central.

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[edit] History

The station opened on 5 August 1839 as part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.[1] There was a branch leaving here for Crosshouse and Kilmarnock which closed in 1965.[2] During the electrification of the Ayrshire Coast line, Irvine railway station was partially refurbished, resulting in a glass front canopy on the main building and external ramp access to both platforms.

[edit] Facilities

The station is manned on a part time basis and is one of the few stations still manned on the Ayrshire Coast line. There is a small kiosk shop, and an adjoining car park with parking room for a small number of cars.

[edit] Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Ayr with an hourly service in each direction on Sundays.

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Barassie   First ScotRail

Ayrshire Coast Line

  Kilwinning
Historical Railways
Gailes
Line open, station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

  Bogside
Line open, station closed
Dreghorn
Line and station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

 

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Butt, p. 128
  2. ^ Stansfield, p. 26

[edit] Sources

  • 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.