Barrhill railway station
Barrhill 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Am Bàrr | |
Barrhill station in 1974
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| Location | |
| Place | Barrhill |
| Local authority | South Ayrshire |
| Coordinates | 55°05′51″N 4°46′56″W / 55.0975°N 4.7822°WCoordinates: 55°05′51″N 4°46′56″W / 55.0975°N 4.7822°W |
| Grid reference | NX225816 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BRL |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| 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 |
 5,290 |
| 2012/13 |
5,712 |
| 2013/14 |
11,214 |
| 2014/15 |
 11,016 |
| 2015/16 |
10,150 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 5 October 1877 | 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 Barrhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Barrhill railway station is a railway station serving Barrhill, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line. A passing loop is located here on what is otherwise a single track route.
The station was opened by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway on 5 October 1877. The station was briefly closed between 7 February 1882 and 16 February 1882, and between 12 April 1886 and 14 June 1886.
The station features in the novel Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers, first published in 1931.
The station has an irregular service (six trains per day each way) between Glasgow/Kilmarnock and Stranraer - some of the trains used to run in connection with the ferry service between Stranraer Harbour and Belfast, but no longer do so since the sailings were transferred to Cairnryan in late 2011.
Until December 2009 there was one through train each day to Carlisle and Newcastle (and two from there). These trains were withdrawn at the 2009 timetable change.
Sundays see three trains per day in each direction, to Glasgow via Kilwinning and to Stranraer.
From the December 2015 timetable change, the service frequency was increased from six trains per day to nine on weekdays (every two hours each way) and to five each way on Sundays. However all northbound services now run to Kilmarnock - direct services to Glasgow via Paisley have been withdrawn. Two services continue to Glasgow via Kilmarnock & Dunlop on weekdays, but all Sunday trains now terminate at Ayr (where connections are available to Glasgow).
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