General information | |||||
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Location | Glengarnock, North Ayrshire Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°44′20″N4°40′31″W / 55.7389°N 4.6752°W | ||||
Grid reference | NS321527 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Transit authority | SPT | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | GLG | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
Key dates | |||||
21 July 1840 | Opened as Glengarnock and Kilbirnie [2] | ||||
1 June 1905 | Renamed Glengarnock [2] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.389 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.382 million | ||||
2020/21 | 48,242 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.183 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.236 million | ||||
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Glengarnock railway station is a railway station in the village of Glengarnock,North Ayrshire,Scotland,serving the towns of Beith and Kilbirnie. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.
The station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow,Paisley,Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (later part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway) and was named Glengarnock and Kilbirnie. [2] The station is marked on an 1897 Ordnance Survey maps as Kilbirnie Station. [3] It was renamed Glengarnock on 1 June 1905 to coincide with the opening of the dedicated Kilbirnie railway station on the Dalry and North Johnstone Line. [2] [4] Although this Kilbirnie station closed in 1966, [4] the original station has continued to use only Glengarnock as its name.
There are three trains per hour between Glengarnock and Glasgow in both directions for most of the day,reduced to a half-hourly service in the evenings. Trains from Glasgow continue to one of Ayr,Largs or Ardrossan Harbour There is an hourly Sunday service to Glasgow and Largs. [5]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Dalry | ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line | Lochwinnoch | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Dalry Line and station open | Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway | Beith North Line open; station closed |
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