Place Stevenston Station code STV 2011/12 0.110 million Number of platforms 2 Original company Ardrossan Railway | Grid reference NS269412 Managed by Abellio ScotRail 2012/13 0.121 million | |
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Address Stevenston KA20 3JT, United Kingdom Pte Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Similar Kilwinning railway station, Saltcoats railway station, Dalry railway station, Ardrossan South Beach rai, Barassie railway station | ||
Stevenston railway station north ayrshire scotland
Stevenston railway station is a railway station serving the town of Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 29 miles (47 km) south west of Glasgow Central.
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History
The station was opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway. The station once included several buildings, a passenger footbridge and a level crossing. A chord line to "Dubs Junction" on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway route towards Irvine was used by an Ardrossan to Irvine & Kilmarnock service until April 1964, when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe. 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 Dumfries and the WCML at Carlisle).
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 Town respectively.
On Sundays there is an hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Largs, plus a limited additional service to Ardroosan Harbour to connect with the ferry sailings to Brodick.