Girvan railway station
Girvan 
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The exterior of Girvan station
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| Location | |
| Place | Girvan |
| Local authority | South Ayrshire |
| Coordinates | 55°14′47″N 4°50′54″W / 55.2463°N 4.8482°WCoordinates: 55°14′47″N 4°50′54″W / 55.2463°N 4.8482°W |
| Grid reference | NX190983 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GIR |
| 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 |
 0.124 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.134 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.138 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.140 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.137 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| 5 October 1877 | Opened as Girvan New |
| 1 April 1893 | Renamed as Girvan |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Girvan from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Girvan railway station is a railway station serving the town of Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail, who operate all passenger services from there. It is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line and is situated 62 miles (99 km) south of Glasgow Central. It has two platforms and is the location of one of the five passing loops on the single track line between Dalrymple Junction (south of Ayr) and Stranraer. Immediately south of the station, the line climbs steeply towards Pinmore tunnel - the climb is known as the Glendoune Bank and has a ruling gradient of 1 in 54.
The station was opened on 5 October 1877 by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway and was known as Girvan New, replacing the Girvan (Old) terminus station of the Maybole and Girvan Railway situated nearby. The station closed on 7 February 1882, reopened 1 August 1883, closed 12 April 1886, reopened 18 June 1886, closed again 2 September 1886, reopened 14 July 1890, and was renamed Girvan on 1 April 1893 after rebuilding by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, who had taken over the G&PJR the previous year. From 1906-1942, it also served as the southern terminus of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.
The main station building caught fire in January 1946 and because the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) were not disposed to finance the rebuilding costs as nationalisation was imminent. Rebuilding did not commence until 1949. Owing to shortage of materials it was not completed until August 1951, when based on a typical 1930s LMS design it was re-opened. Along with the signal box, it is a category B listed structure. The station clock restored in 2009 is believed to be from the original station building.
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