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Prestwick Town railway station

Prestwick Town National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Phreastabhaig
Prestwick Town Railway Station, with ScotRail 380108 to North Berwick sitting at Platform 1.jpg
Location
Place Prestwick
Local authority South Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°30′07″N 4°36′51″W / 55.5020°N 4.6143°W / 55.5020; -4.6143Coordinates: 55°30′07″N 4°36′51″W / 55.5020°N 4.6143°W / 55.5020; -4.6143
Grid reference NS349262
Operations
Station code PTW
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Decrease 0.320 million
2012/13 Increase 0.346 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.344 million
2014/15 Increase 0.375 million
2015/16 Increase 0.393 million
History
Key dates Opened 1839 (1839)
National RailUK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prestwick Town from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Prestwick Town railway station is a railway station serving the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. Originally known only as Prestwick, it was one of the original stations on the Ayr to Irvine portion of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway opened in August 1839.

Prestwick Town is one of the few stations on the Ayrshire Coast Line that remains manned (the ticket office being staffed part-time, seven days per week - Monday - Saturday 06:35 - 17:50, Sunday 09:10 - 16:50). Facilities include a medium-sized car park and a cafe is present in the station building itself.

The ticket office at Prestwick Town has recently been refurbished, and now includes a height-adjustable ticket desk and automatic doors. Smartcard validators have been installed at the entrances to both platforms. Step-free access is only available on platform 2, as the opposite platform is only reachable via a stepped footbridge or steep ramp from the nearby road.

The station has a basic service to Glasgow Central and Ayr of four trains per hour Mon-Sat (with a few weekday peak extras). Of these, two serve all stations to Paisley Gilmour Street en-route, whilst the others run fast north of Kilwinning; some are also extended to/from Edinburgh Waverley via Carstairs. Certain Kilmarnock - Ayr - Stranraer services also stop here. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service each way to Glasgow and Ayr.



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