Kilwinning railway station
Kilwinning 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Cill D’Fhinnein | |
Platforms 1 and 2, towards Ardrossan
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| Location | |
| Place | Kilwinning |
| Local authority | North Ayrshire |
| Coordinates | 55°39′22″N 4°42′35″W / 55.6561°N 4.7096°WCoordinates: 55°39′22″N 4°42′35″W / 55.6561°N 4.7096°W |
| Grid reference | NS295436 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KWN |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| 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 |
 1.012 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.049 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.960 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.989 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.009 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 |
| 23 March 1840 | 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 Kilwinning from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Kilwinning railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line (27 miles [43 km] south of Glasgow Central) and the Glasgow South Western Line (69 miles [111 km] north of Stranraer). British Transport Police maintain an office here.
The station gets more trains than any other in Ayrshire.
The station was opened on 23 March 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and was built as an interchange, seeing traffic coming from Glasgow, Ayr and Ardrossan (and later Largs).
The station is located on Byers Road about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) from the town centre. There is a fully staffed ticket office, a toilet, a kiosk, a waiting room and a ticket vending machine. In 2012, a new 130-space car park opened.
The station is popular with commuters travelling to Glasgow from Ayrshire and beyond. It is the last stop before the Ayrshire Coast line splits in two, so trains stop at this station more than any other in Ayrshire.
The station houses a Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) from the British Transport Police. Officers from Kilwinning cover all stations south of Kilwinning and north of Kilwinning until Lochwinnoch; Police Scotland officers will cover if British Transport Police officers are not available.
Most buses do not come into the station forecourt, but there is a bus stop 100 yards (90 m) north of the station.
Stopping patterns on the Glasgow service vary – 2 trains per hour call at all stations to Paisley Gilmour Street, whilst two others run non-stop and the remainder serve principal stations only.
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