Kilwinning railway station

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Kilwinning

A southbound freight train at the junction just north of Kilwinning station

Location

Place

Kilwinning

Local authority

North Ayrshire

Coordinates

55°39′23″N 4°42′34″W / 55.6563, -4.7095Coordinates: 55°39′23″N 4°42′34″W / 55.6563, -4.7095

Grid reference

NS295436

Operations

Station code

KWN

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.847 million

2005/06 *

0.908 million

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

SPT

History

23 March 1840

Opened

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kilwinning from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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

Kilwinning railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

1 History
2 Current operations
3 References
- 3.1 Notes
- 3.2 Sources

[edit] History

The station was opened on 23 March 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway,^[1] and was built as an interchange, seeing traffic coming from Glasgow, Ayr and Ardrossan (and later Largs).

[edit] Current operations

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, Glasgow 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 some time 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

[edit] Notes

^ Butt, p. 133
^ 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] 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.

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