Auchinleck railway station

Auchinleck Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Leac[1]
General information
Location	Auchinleck, East Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.4698°N 4.2955°W / 55.4698; -4.2955
Grid reference	NS549219
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AUK
Key dates
9 August 1848	Opened
6 December 1965	Closed
12 May 1984	Reopened by British Rail
Passengers
2019/20	72,080
2020/21	5,162
2021/22	35,324
2022/23	44,532
2023/24	61,900
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Inaugural run souvenir ticket for 12 May 1984

Auchinleck railway station is a railway station in the village of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. It is also the nearest station to the larger town of Cumnock.

History

The station was opened on 9 August 1848 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway,^[2] then joining the Glasgow and South Western Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948, it was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 6 December 1965. It was reopened on 12 May 1984.^[2]

Facilities

There are now no permanent buildings here apart from waiting shelters on each platform and the pedestrian footbridge.^[3] Train running details are supplied via timetable posters, digital information screens, customer help points and automatic announcements. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps.^[4]

2023 services

As of 2023, there are nine trains per day to Glasgow Central and seven trains per day to Carlisle on Mondays to Fridays, on a mostly two-hourly frequency; however it is an uneven frequency meaning there is gaps of up to three hours at certain times of the day. Three trains per day only go as far as Dumfries. Saturday services are mostly the same except there are only two trains that terminate at Dumfries and only eight trains to Glasgow Central. On a Sunday, a limited service of just two trains per day each way operate.

Before the May 2022 timetable change, one of the Carlisle trains extended through to Newcastle. This service was withdrawn at the aforementioned timetable change.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
New Cumnock		ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Kilmarnock
	Historical railways
Cumnock Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Mauchline Line open; station closed
Commondyke Line and station closed

Views of the station

• 
  Auchinleck, looking towards New Cumnock
• 
  Auchinleck, looking towards Kilmarnock

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt, p. 21
3. Auchinleck Railway Station Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 25 May 2017
4. Auchinleck station facilities National Rail Enquiries

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

• Station on navigable O. S. map