Irvine railway station

Irvine Scottish Gaelic: Irbhinn[1]
General information
Location	Irvine, North Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.6116°N 4.6750°W / 55.6116; -4.6750
Grid reference	NS315385
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	IRV
Key dates
5 August 1839	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.889 million
2020/21	0.114 million
2021/22	0.442 million
2022/23	0.551 million
2023/24	0.628 million
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated	27 August 1997
Reference no.	LB44705[2]
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Irvine railway station is a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 30 miles (48 km) south west of Glasgow Central.

History

The station opened on 5 August 1839 as part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.^[3] There was a branch leaving here for Crosshouse and Kilmarnock which closed in 1965.^[4] During the electrification of the Ayrshire Coast Line by British Rail, Irvine station was partially refurbished, resulting in a glass front canopy on the main building and external ramp access to both platforms.

Facilities

The station is staffed on a full-time basis seven days a week.^[5] There is a small kiosk shop and an adjoining car park with 100 spaces. Train running information is offered via digital CIS displays, automated announcements, timetable posters and customer help points on each platform. Step-free access is available to both sides of the station.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there are 4 trains per hour northbound to Glasgow Central and 4 trains per hour southbound to Ayr with a half-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.^[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barassie		ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Kilwinning
	Historical railways
Gailes Line open, station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Bogside Line open, station closed
Dreghorn Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. "NEW STREET, RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. Butt, p. 128
4. Stansfield, p. 26
5. Irvine station facilitiesNational Rail Enquiries
6. Table 221 National Rail timetable, December 2016

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.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.