Stewarton railway station

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Stewarton National Rail
The rebuilt Stewarton station in 2010, looking towards Glasgow
Location
Place Stewarton
Local authority East Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°40′56″N 4°31′05″W / 55.6821°N 4.5181°W / 55.6821; -4.5181Coordinates: 55°40′56″N 4°31′05″W / 55.6821°N 4.5181°W / 55.6821; -4.5181
Grid reference NS417460
Operations
Station code STT
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03 0.199 million
2004/05 0.199 million
2005/06 0.198 million
2006/07 0.196 million
2007/08 0.196 million
2008/09 0.222 million
2009/10 0.235 million
2010/11 0.283 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
27 March 1871 Opened
7 November 1966 Closed
5 June 1967 Re-opened
1975 Line singled and one platform taken out of service
2009 Line doubled and Platform 2 reinstated
National Rail – UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stewarton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Stewarton railway station is a railway station in the town of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The station was opened on 27 March 1871 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway. The station closed on 7 November 1966, however it reopened on 5 June 1967. In April 2007 a 'Ticket Issuing Machine' was installed in recognition of the relatively high passenger levels.

Operations to reinstate a second line between Stewarton and Lugton started in 2008. With the work completed in September 2009, the second platform was reinstated, the pedestrian underpass re-opened and full disabled access provided. An overspill car park opened on 31 January 2012, accessed from platform 2.

Stewarton opened for goods traffic on 23 March 1871 and closed on 5 October 1964.[1] It handled general goods as well as livestock and horseboxes.[2]

The station lay 19.02 miles south of the old terminus, Glasgow Saint Enoch.[3]

Services

2008/09

The station had a basic hourly service each way (including Sundays) to Glasgow and Kilmarnock, with some southbound trains continuing to either Carlisle or Girvan and Stranraer.

From December 2009

Since 13 December 2009 the station has had a basic half-hourly service each way to Glasgow and Kilmarnock; a few trains run as express services, without stopping at Kilmaurs, Dunlop or Barrhead. The Sunday service is mostly hourly.

Some southbound trains continue to either Carlisle (9), Newcastle (3), Ayr or Girvan and Stranraer (2).

A ticket machine is located on Platform 2.

From December 2012 all trains on a Sunday use Platform 1 only.

Gallery

  • Stewarton station as it was in July 2005, looking towards Glasgow

  • The entrance to Stewarton railway station

  • Stewarton station infrastructure with the old underpass visible

  • The old pedestrian underpass as excavated during platform building works in 2009

  • Stewarton station in 2008 with a train heading to Kilmarnock

  • Looking towards Kilmarnock in 2010

  • Stewarton station facing towards Kilmarnock with track doubling work in evidence

  • Platform construction works under way in 2009

  • New underpass to Platform 2 in 2010

  • The new car park that opened on 31 January 2012

References

  1. ↑ Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of stations, routes & lines. G&SWR Association. Part 6.3, Page 18
  2. ↑ Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of stations, routes & lines. G&SWR Association. Part 3.1, Page 4
  3. ↑ Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of stations, routes & lines. G&SWR Association. Part 6.3, Page 18
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.

External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kilmaurs   First ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
   Dunlop
Historical railways
Kilmaurs   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
   Dunlop
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