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General information | |||||
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Location | Girvan, South Ayrshire Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°14′47″N4°50′54″W / 55.2463°N 4.8482°W | ||||
Grid reference | NX190983 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Transit authority | SPT | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | GIR | ||||
Key dates | |||||
5 October 1877 | Opened as Girvan New | ||||
1 April 1893 | Renamed as Girvan | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 109,028 | ||||
2019/20 | 121,742 | ||||
2020/21 | 15,456 | ||||
2021/22 | 60,996 | ||||
2022/23 | 73,744 | ||||
Listed Building –Category B | |||||
Designated | 14 October 2004 | ||||
Reference no. | LB50007 [2] | ||||
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Girvan railway station is a railway station serving the town of Girvan,South Ayrshire,Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail,who operate all passenger services from there. It is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line and is situated 62 miles (100 kilometres) south of Glasgow Central. It has two platforms and is the location of one of the five passing loops on the single track line between Dalrymple Junction (south of Ayr) and Stranraer. Immediately south of the station,the line climbs steeply towards Pinmore tunnel –the climb is known as the Glendoune Bank and has a ruling gradient of 1 in 54.
The station was opened on 5 October 1877 by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway and was known as Girvan New, [3] replacing the Girvan (Old) terminus station of the Maybole and Girvan Railway situated nearby. The station closed on 7 February 1882,reopened 1 August 1883,closed 12 April 1886,reopened 18 June 1886,closed again 2 September 1886,reopened 14 July 1890,and was renamed Girvan on 1 April 1893 [3] after rebuilding by the Glasgow and South Western Railway,who had taken over the G&PJR the previous year. From 1906–1942,it also served as the southern terminus of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.
The main station building caught fire in January 1946 and because the London,Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) were not disposed to finance the rebuilding costs as nationalisation was imminent,rebuilding did not commence until 1949. Owing to shortage of materials it was not completed until August 1951,when based on a typical 1930s LMS design it was re-opened. Along with the signal box,it is a category B listed structure as an example of an early post-war railway station in the Moderne style in Scotland. The station clock restored in 2009 is believed to be from the original station building.
The station is part of the South West Scotland Community Rail Partnership which comprises local Community Councils,representation from South Ayrshire Council,ScotRail as well as private individuals. SWSCRP has adopted the station and has provided tubs,shrubs and plants. These are tended to by the Girvan Make it Happen Group. SWSCRP also have their community shop and an office on site.
The station was the rail head for the 2009 UK Open Golf Championships.
All trains on the Ayr to Stranraer route call,along with several to/from Ayr and beyond start or terminate here.
Following the fire at Ayr Station Hotel,Northbound services to Ayr are currently suspended and replaced by buses to/from Ayr,Prestwick and Kilmarnock which operate to the same frequency as the trains would do however it is unknown when a train service to Ayr will resume,There is a limited service of just 2 trains per day to Stranraer departing 1203 and 1803,All other services are cancelled. It remains unknown when a normal service will resume.
On Monday to Saturday,there is a typically hourly service to/from Ayr,6 trains of which continue to Kilmarnock with eight running the other way (and one train is extended to Glasgow Central).
There are 5 trains per day southbound to Stranraer which operate every to an irregular 2 or 4 hour frequency. On Sundays,there are 5 trains a day each way to both Ayr and Stranraer. [4]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Barrhill | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line | Maybole | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Junction with G&PJR | Glasgow and South Western Railway Maidens and Dunure Light Railway | Turnberry Line closed, station closed | ||
Connection with G&PJR | Glasgow and South Western Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway | Grangeston Halt Line open, station closed | ||
Pinmore Line open, station closed | Glasgow and South Western Railway Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway | Connection with M&GR |
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