Stevenston railway station

Stevenston railway station is a railway station serving the town of Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is owned by Network Rail. It's on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 29 miles (47 km) south west of Glasgow Central.

For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway, see Stevenston Moorpark railway station.

Stevenston
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Steaphain[1]
Stevenston station with train at platform and the level crossing barriers down
Location
Place	Stevenston
Local authority	North Ayrshire
Coordinates	55.6343°N 4.7499°W / 55.6343; -4.7499
Grid reference	NS269412
Operations
Station code	STV
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	0.138 million
2015/16	0.132 million
2016/17	0.118 million
2017/18	0.115 million
2018/19	0.113 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Ardrossan Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
27 July 1840	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stevenston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway.[2] The station once included several buildings, a passenger footbridge and a level crossing.[3] 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.[4]

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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Saltcoats		Abellio ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Kilwinning
	Historical railways
Saltcoats Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ardrossan Railway		Kilwinning Line and station open
Connection with Ardrossan Railway at Byrehill Junction		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Bogside Link open (freight only); station closed
Connection with Ardrossan Railway		Glasgow and South Western Railway Nobel Line		Ardeer Platform Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt, p. 220
3. McSherry, p. 20
4. Table 69 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.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.
• McSherry, R. & M. (1998). Old Stevenston. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3042-2. OCLC 39876063.

External links

• Video footage of Stevenston station.