Ayr railway station
Ayr 
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Looking south; terminal platforms 1 & 2 to the right, through platforms 3 & 4 on the left
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| Location | |
| Place | Ayr |
| Local authority | South Ayrshire |
| Coordinates | 55°27′30″N 4°37′33″W / 55.4583°N 4.6258°WCoordinates: 55°27′30″N 4°37′33″W / 55.4583°N 4.6258°W |
| Grid reference | NS340214 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AYR |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.523 million |
| – Interchange |
 41,716 |
| 2012/13 |
1.540 million |
| – Interchange |
41,440 |
| 2013/14 |
1.476 million |
| – Interchange |
46,348 |
| 2014/15 |
1.572 million |
| – Interchange |
50,474 |
| 2015/16 |
1.556 million |
| – Interchange |
72,700 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| 12 January 1886 | 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 Ayr from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ayr railway station serves the town of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated in Smith Street, off Burns Statue Square. The station, which is managed by Abellio ScotRail, is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 41.5 miles (66.8 km) south-west of Glasgow Central railway station.
The station was opened on 12 January 1886 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. This was the third station to be named 'Ayr' in the town: the original station, located on the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, opened in 1839. When the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway was opened in 1856, a station called Ayr Townhead was opened on the south side of the town. When the original Ayr station was closed on 1 July 1857, Townhead station was renamed 'Ayr', however this second station closed the same day the current station opened. The current station was built just 300 yards south of the previous station. The Glasgow and South Western Railway became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.
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