Saltcoats Railway Station

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Location

Saltcoats

Country

Scotland

County

North Ayrshire

Operator

Ardrossan Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway
London Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
ScotRail

Opened

27 July 1840

Status

Operational

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Saltcoats railway station is a train station serving the town of Saltcoats. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History[edit]

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

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Station description[edit]

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, and is now a cafe.

Services[edit]

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.

Line Information[edit]

Preceding Station National Rail 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