Saltcoats railway station

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

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

Saltcoats
Saltcoats railway station, looking east towards Stevenston
General information
Location	Saltcoats, North Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.6340°N 4.7849°W / 55.6340; -4.7849
Grid reference	NS248413
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SLT
History
Original company	Ardrossan Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
27 July 1840	Opened as Saltcoats
1 July 1858	Relocated due west
1882	Relocated between two previous sites
30 June 1952	Renamed Saltcoats Central
4 February 1965	Renamed Saltcoats
Passengers
2018/19	0.335 million
2019/20	0.303 million
2020/21	38,352
2021/22	0.179 million
2022/23	0.219 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station originally opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway.^[1] The station was relocated a short distance west of the original location on 1 July 1858^[1] and relocated again to its present location (between the first two sites) in 1882.^[1] The station was known as Saltcoats Central from 30 June 1952 to 4 February 1965,^[1] 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,^[2] 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 Harbour respectively.^[3]

On Sundays there is an hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Largs, plus five trains to Ardrossan Harbour to connect with the ferry to the Isle of Arran.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ardrossan South Beach		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

References

Notes

1. Butt, p. 205
2. McSherry, p. 6
3. Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• 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.
• McSherry, R. & M. (1995). Old Saltcoats. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8720-7457-X. OCLC 33045827.

External links

• Video footage of Saltcoats station.