Fairlie railway station

Fairlie Scottish Gaelic: Fairlidh [1]
Fairlie station viewed from the overbridge further North up the track
General information
Location	Fairlie, North Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°45′05″N4°51′12″W / 55.7515°N 4.8532°W / 55.7515; -4.8532
Grid reference	NS209546
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	FRL
History
Original company	G&SWR Largs Branch
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 June 1880	Opened as Fairlie
30 June 1952	Renamed Fairlie Town
2 March 1953	Renamed Fairlie High
1980s	Renamed Fairlie
Passengers
2020/21	3,486
Largs Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Largs Branch		West Kilbride Line and station open
Fairlie Pier Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Largs Branch

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt 1995, p. 93.
3. McRae 1998, p. 59.
4. Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.

External links

• Fairlie Station with a train for Largs