| Saltcoats North | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Saltcoats, Ayrshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 55.6393°N -4.7893°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Original: | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway |
| Pregroup: | Caledonian Railway |
| Years: | 3 September 1888 |
| Events: | Opened as Saltcoats |
| Years1: | 1 January 1917 |
| Events1: | Closed |
| Years2: | 1 February 1919 |
| Events2: | Reopened |
| Years3: | 2 July 1924 |
| Events3: | Renamed Saltcoats North |
| Years4: | 4 July 1932 |
| Events4: | Closed to regular services |
Saltcoats North railway station was a railway station serving the town of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
The station opened on 3 September 1888 and was simply known as Saltcoats.[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy,[1] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Saltcoats North on 2 June 1924.[1] The station closed to passengers on 4 July 1932,[1] however it was reopened for a time within two years when a special return fare price was introduced.[2] The line saw use for trains going to Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier and the Ardrossan Shell Mex plant until 1968.
The station consisted of two side platforms connected by a footbridge and with a small building on each side. By 1956 the footbridge and the building on the eastboard platform had been removed, however the westbound building remained intact albeit derelict.[2] By the late 1960s only the overgrown platforms remained.[3]
A goods yard and signal box stood on the Ardrossan side of the station, accessed off Caledonia Road, with a four sidings, loading dock, goods shed, crane and weighing machine.[4]
Since demolition, the site of Saltcoats North has been redeveloped into a housing estate.[5] Most of the trackbed between the station and Stevenston Moorpark station has been filled in and converted into a pathway signposted as 'Old Caley Line'. Several road bridges that crossed the line here are still in existence,[6] though are now partially buried in the ground. Aside from the road bridge that was directly adjacent to the station, there is no trace left of the station itself.