Stevenston railway station explained

Stevenston
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Baile Steaphain
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Stevenston, North Ayrshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.6343°N -4.7499°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:STV
Transit Authority:SPT
Original:Ardrossan Railway
Pregroup:Glasgow and South Western Railway
Postgroup:LMS
Years:27 July 1840
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Stevenston railway station is a railway station serving the town of Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network Rail. It's on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 29miles south west of .

History

The station was opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway.[1] The station once included several buildings, a passenger footbridge and a level crossing.[2] A chord line to "Dubs Junction" on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway route towards was used by an Ardrossan to Irvine & service until April 1964, when it fell victim to the Beeching cuts. The chord remains open and in regular use by freight trains heading from the Hunterston deep water import terminal towards Ayr & the G&SWR line to Mauchline (and hence to and the WCML at).

Today the level crossing is still in operation, the footbridge has been removed and basic shelters now serve the platforms.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and hourly westbound to Largs and Ardrossan Harbour respectively.

On Sundays there is an hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Largs, plus a limited additional service to Ardrossan Harbour to connect with the ferry sailings to Brodick.

References

Notes

  1. Butt, p. 220
  2. McSherry, p. 20

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