Saltcoats Railway Station

For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway see Saltcoats North railway station.

Saltcoats railway station is a railway station serving the town of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History

The station originally opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway.<ref name="butt205">Butt, p. 205</ref> The station was relocated a short distance west of the original location on 1 July 1858<ref name="butt205"/> and relocated again to its present location (between the first two sites) in 1882.<ref name="butt205"/> The station was known as Saltcoats Central from 30 June 1952 to 4 February 1965,<ref name="butt205"/> when it was renamed back to its original name.

Station description

Saltcoats station has two large station buildings, one of which is still in use as a ticket office. The second building on the westbound platform was once used as the station offices and station master's house,<ref>McSherry, p. 6</ref> and is now a cafe.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there are half-hourly services eastbound to Glasgow Central and hourly westbound to Largs and Ardrossan Town respectively.

On Sundays there is an hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Largs.

Preceding Station	National Rail			Following Station
Ardrossan South Beach		Abellio ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Stevenston
	Historical railways
Ardrossan South Beach Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ardrossan Railway		Stevenston Line and station open