Ardrossan Harbour railway station

Ardrossan Harbour railway station is one of three remaining railway stations in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 32.5 miles (52.3 km) south west of Glasgow Central. Trains are timetabled to link with the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry sailings to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

History

The station was originally opened on 19 January 1987 to replace the closed Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station.^[1] Ardrossan Harbour station is slightly more inland than its predecessor.

Opened under Sectorisation, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station is unstaffed and consists of a single platform and shelter, a short walk from the "CalMac" terminal building.

Services

From the opening of the station, services generally only ran to connect with the CalMac sailings to Brodick.

May 2009

There is an hourly service on Mondays to Saturdays from Glasgow Central for much of the day,^[2] with some services connecting with the ferry sailings to Brodick. The frequency is lower in the evenings and on Sundays.

Gallery

References

Notes

1. ^ Butt, page 18
2. ^ National Rail Timetable May - December 2009, Table 221 pp.2637-2644

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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Stations on navigable O.S. map. Station is on line at south side of harbour entrance on the cut back line to Ardrossan Harbour (disused).