Prestwick Town Railway Station
Prestwick Town is one of the few stations on the Ayrshire Coast Line that remains staffed (the ticket office being staffed part-time, seven days per week - Monday - Saturday 06:35 - 17:50, Sunday 09:10 - 16:50). Facilities include a medium-sized car park and a café is present in the station building itself.
The ticket office at Prestwick Town has recently been refurbished, and now includes a height-adjustable ticket desk and automatic doors. Smartcard validators have been installed at the entrances to both platforms. Step-free access is only available on platform 2, as the opposite platform is only reachable via a stepped footbridge or steep ramp from the nearby road.
Services
The station has a basic service to Glasgow Central and Ayr of four trains per hour Mon-Sat (with a few weekday peak extras). Of these, two serve all stations to Paisley Gilmour Street en route, whilst the others run fast north of Kilwinning. Certain Kilmarnock - Ayr - Stranraer services also stop here. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service each way to Glasgow and Ayr.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Newton-on-Ayr | ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line |
Prestwick International Airport | ||
Ayr | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
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Historical railways | ||||
Ayr Line and station closed |
Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway |
Monkton Line open; station closed | ||
Newton-on-Ayr Line and station open |
Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr and Dalmellington Railway |
Connection with GPK&AR at Falkland Junction |
References
- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Prestwick Town". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2017