Kilwinning railway station

Kilwinning has the busiest station for stopping passenger trains in North Ayrshire, with all Largs and Ardrossan services calling and all but two Ayr services calling at the station. The station is also the fifth busiest in terms of passenger numbers on the Ayrshire Coast Line behind Glasgow Central, Paisley Gilmour Street, Prestwick Airport and Ayr^[2].

Redevelopment of Kilwinning Station is due to start soon, with the taxi rank and main car park being moved to allow buses to serve the station as part of an interchange project drawn up by North Ayrshire Council, where Service 11 buses to/from Kilmarnock will call at the station.^{[citation needed]}

Discussions have been on-going for sometime between the Council and Network Rail over the buying of old goods sidings to the west of the station to allow for more car parking at the site. North Ayrshire are hoping to build a two-tiered structure which will hold double the amount of cars than is currently the case at the station.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

^ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
^ Based on ticket sales in the financial year 2004/05 for all National Rail stations. Continued usage notes, and Excel format table for all stations available.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Kilwinning railway station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of Kilwinning railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station		Following station
Stevenston	First ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line	Dalry
Irvine	First ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line	Dalry
Historical Railways
Stevenston	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	Dalry Junction Line open; station closed