Troon railway station

Troon railway station is a railway station serving the town of Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

For closed railway stations in Troon, see Troon railway station (disambiguation).

Troon
Scottish Gaelic: An Truthail[1]
Location
Place	Troon
Local authority	South Ayrshire
Coordinates	55.5426°N 4.6555°W / 55.5426; -4.6555
Grid reference	NS325308
Operations
Station code	TRN
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.683 million
2015/16	0.671 million
2016/17	0.756 million
2017/18	0.660 million
2018/19	0.616 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
2 May 1892	Opened
Listed status
Listing grade	Category B
Entry number	LB42157[2]
Added to list	31 May 1984
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Troon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Railway Stations in Troon
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Kilmarnock and Troon Railway Barassie (GPK&AR) Barassie Junction Troon Harbour (K&TR) Troon Goods Troon (new) (Troon Loop Line) Troon (old) (GPK&AR) Lochgreen Junction Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

History

The station was opened by the Glasgow and South Western Railway on 2 May 1892,[3] replacing the earlier station of the same name to the east which closed on the same day.[3] The station was part of a short loop line that left the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway just south of Barassie and rejoined the line to the north of Monkton.

Description

Troon station consists of two side platforms with buildings designed by architect James Miller.[4] The station was refurbished in the spring of 2004 ready for the 2004 Open Golf Championship which was being held at nearby Royal Troon. During the week-long event including practice days, Troon saw an estimated 100,000 extra passengers pass through its station.

Services

December 2012

Basic service

• 3 trains per hourly to Glasgow Central
• 3 trains per hour to Ayr
• 1 train every 2 hours to Kilmarnock (with some longer gaps during the day) No Sunday service,

Sundays

• Half-hourly service to Glasgow and Ayr

December 2019

Monday - Saturday: Four trains per hour to Glasgow Central (2 fast, 2 stopping)

Four trains per hour to Ayr

Ten trains to Kilmarnock, running a two hourly frequency (with extras). Two of these continue to Glasgow Central via Barrhead)

Ten trains to Girvan, (running a two hourly frequency with extras) with seven continuing to Stranraer Harbour.

Sundays: Two trains per hour to Glasgow. Two trains per hour to Ayr.

Passengers can change at Ayr for services to Stranraer, or Glasgow for services to Kilmarnock.[5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Glasgow Prestwick Airport		Abellio ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Barassie
		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Kilmarnock or Kilwinning
	Historical railways
Monkton Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Troon Loop Line		Barassie Line closed; station open

Ferry to Larne

The port of Troon is located approximately 0.8 miles or 1 kilometre from the railway station - a walk of around fifteen minutes. There are footpaths throughout. Until 2016, P&O Irish Sea ran a seasonal fast ferry, HSC Express, from the port of Troon to Larne Harbour. This connected with trains run by Northern Ireland Railways to Belfast Central and Belfast Great Victoria Street.

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. "TROON RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
3. Butt, p. 234
4. Hume, p. 55
5. https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/20249_ayrshire_inverclyde_and_stranraer.pdf

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• Hume, John R. (1976). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, Vol. 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-3234-9.

External links

• Video footage of Troon Station in 2016