Kilmarnock Railway Station
Kilmarnock 
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Main entrance to Kilmarnock railway station, showing the old ScotRail floral clock which has since been revamped
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| Location | |
| Place | Kilmarnock |
| Local authority | East Ayrshire |
| Coordinates | 55°36′45″N 4°29′57″W / 55.6124°N 4.4992°WCoordinates: 55°36′45″N 4°29′57″W / 55.6124°N 4.4992°W |
| Grid reference | NS427382 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KMK |
| 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 |
 0.588 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.603 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.555 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.612 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.593 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Kilmarnock and Troon Railway & Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 6 July 1812 | Original station opened by K&TR |
| 4 April 1843 | Original station closed and second station opened by GPK&AR |
| 20 July 1846 | Second station closed and current station opened by GPK&AR |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kilmarnock from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Kilmarnock railway station is a railway station in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the Glasgow South Western Line.
The first station in Kilmarnock was opened by the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway on 6 July 1812, one of the earliest stations in Scotland. It was replaced by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway on 4 April 1843. with the opening of their main line from Dalry.
The third and current station was opened on 20 July 1846 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. - this was connected to Ardrossan via Irvine two years later and to Carlisle via Dumfries & Gretna Junction in 1850. The current route to Glasgow (via Barrhead) - the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway was completed in 1871 jointly by the G&SWR and Caledonian Railway.
Services on the Irvine branch and via the old main line to Dalry both fell victim to the Beeching Axe in the mid-sixties - the former closed to passengers on 6 April 1964 (and to all traffic in October 1965) and local trains on the latter were withdrawn on 18 April 1966 . Services to the G&SWR terminus at Glasgow St Enoch also ended soon after (on 27 June), with services henceforth running to and from Glasgow Central. The old K&T line also lost its passenger service for several years (local trains ended on 3 March 1969), but these were subsequently reinstated in May 1975 when the boat trains from Stranraer to Carlisle were diverted from their former route via Annbank & Mauchline. The Dalry line remained in use for freight and occasional long distance passenger trains until 23 October 1973, when it was closed to all traffic and subsequently dismantled.
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