Glengarnock | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Gairneag | |
Looking north towards Lochwinnoch
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Location | |
Place | Glengarnock |
Local authority | North Ayrshire |
Coordinates | 55°44′20″N 4°40′31″W / 55.7389°N 4.6752°WCoordinates: 55°44′20″N 4°40′31″W / 55.7389°N 4.6752°W |
Grid reference | NS321527 |
Operations | |
Station code | GLG |
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 | 0.294 million |
2012/13 | 0.304 million |
2013/14 | 0.321 million |
2014/15 | 0.332 million |
2015/16 | 0.340 million |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | SPT |
History | |
Original company | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway |
Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
21 July 1840 | Opened as Glengarnock and Kilbirnie |
1 June 1905 | Renamed Glengarnock |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glengarnock from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
Glengarnock railway station is a railway station in the village of Glengarnock, North Ayrshire, Scotland, serving the towns of Beith and Kilbirnie. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.
The station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (later part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway) and was named Glengarnock and Kilbirnie. The station was renamed Glengarnock on 1 June 1905 to coincide with the opening of the dedicated Kilbirnie railway station on the Dalry and North Johnstone Line. Although this Kilbirnie station closed in 1966, the original station has continued to use only Glengarnock as its name.
There are three trains per hour between Glengarnock and Glasgow in both directions for most of the day, reduced to a half-hourly service in the evenings. Trains from Glasgow continue to one of Ayr, Largs or Ardrossan Harbour There is an hourly Sunday service to Glasgow and Largs.