Ardrossan Harbour railway station

For other railway stations in Ardrossan, see Ardrossan railway station.

Ardrossan Harbour railway station is one of three remaining railway stations in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail but unusually it is not owned by Network Rail, but instead owned by Peel Ports.^[2] It is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 32.5 miles (52.3 km) south west of Glasgow Central. The station is an interchange for Caledonian MacBrayne ferry sailings to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

Ardrossan Harbour Scottish Gaelic: Caladh Àird Rosain[1]
General information
Location	Ardrossan, North Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.6396°N 4.8205°W / 55.6396; -4.8205
Grid reference	NS224420
Owned by	Peel Ports
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	ADS
Key dates
19 January 1987	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.131 million
2019/20	0.124 million
2020/21	13,128
2021/22	58,594
2022/23	92,422
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was originally opened on 19 January 1987 to replace the closed Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station.^[3] Ardrossan Harbour station is slightly further inland (approximately 220 yards/200 metres to the east) than its predecessor^[4] and is sited at the end of a 1-mile (1.6 km) long branch line from Ardrossan South Beach.

Opened under sectorisation of British Rail, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.

The station is unstaffed and consists of a single platform and shelter, a short walk from the "CalMac" terminal building.

Services

From the opening of the station, services generally only ran to connect with the CalMac sailings to Brodick.

2018:There is an hourly service for most of the day to/from Glasgow Central with a few extras during peak hours, A limited service of 5 departures and 4 arrivals operates on Sundays. There is no late evening service after 2200 with the last services terminating at the nearby Ardrossan Town.

Prior to May 2009, only five trains per day operated to/from the station to connect with the ferry to Brodick; all other trains terminated at the nearby Ardrossan Town.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Ardrossan Town
	Ferry services
Brodick		Caledonian MacBrayne Arran Ferry		Terminus
Campbeltown		Caledonian MacBrayne Kintyre ferry (Suspended for the summer 2024 season)[5]		Terminus
Brodick

Ferry services

A ferry, operated by Caledonian MacBrayne,^[6] sails from Ardrossan Harbour to Brodick. In Summer 2013 a service to Campbeltown was provided on Thursday and Friday evenings, returning on Friday and Saturday mornings, with a return trip on Sundays.^[7]

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. "Network Statement 2023" (PDF). Network Rail. p. 22. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
3. Butt, page 18
4. "Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station (site), Ayrshire" Thompson, N geograph.org; Retrieved
5. "Campbeltown-Ardrossan ferry route axed for whole summer in CalMac rejig". BBC News. 5 March 2024.
6. "Kintyre: Ardrossan - Campbeltown".
7. Summer timetables calmac.co.uk ^{[dead link]}

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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Video footage of Ardrossan Harbour Station in 2016

v t e Railway Stations in Ardrossan
Legend
Largs Branch (AR) Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Rly Castlemill Junc│Holm Junc Ardrossan South Beach Ardrossan Railway Ardrossan North (L&AR) Parkhouse Junction Harbour Junction Ardrossan Town (AR) Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier (L&AR) Winton Junction Ardrossan Winton Pier (AR) Ardrossan Harbour (BR) Harbour Sidings