Barassie railway station
Barassie 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Bàrr Fhasaidh | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Barassie |
| Local authority | South Ayrshire |
| Coordinates | 55°33′41″N 4°39′05″W / 55.5614°N 4.6514°WCoordinates: 55°33′41″N 4°39′05″W / 55.5614°N 4.6514°W |
| Grid reference | NS328328 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BSS |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.143 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.148 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.154 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.166 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.170 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
| History | |
| 5 August 1839 | 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 Barassie from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Barassie railway station is a railway station serving Barassie, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.
The station was originally opened on 5 August 1839 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. At one point a halt existed nearby serving Barassie Workshops, however it was closed by July 1926.
Barassie station originally had four platforms, two of which were on the former Kilmarnock and Troon Railway line from Kilmarnock. These platforms went out of use after the local passenger service over the branch was withdrawn by British Rail on 3 March 1969. They are now derelict & fenced off, but the two platforms on the Ayr line are still operational today. Barassie was a staffed station until the line was electrified in 1986, but the main buildings have since been demolished and there are now only waiting shelters in use on each platform.
South of the station, there are a number of active engineers sidings that occupy the alignment of the original 1839 GPK&AR route southwards. As first built, this bypassed Troon to the east by around half a mile, leaving travellers with an inconvenient journey by coach or on foot from the town centre to the initial passenger station. It wasn't until 1892 that this problem was finally remedied by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, who opened a new deviation line and passenger station that was much better sited for the town. This line (known as the Troon Loop) is now the only one in use, as its predecessor closed to through traffic in November 1982 (though most passenger trains had been routed via the Loop line since April 1966) and was subsequently lifted at its southern end during the re-signalling & electrification work. The former K&TR line to Troon (Harbour) has also disappeared, closing to all traffic in 1973.
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