Ardrossan South Beach railway station

For other railway stations in Ardrossan, see Ardrossan railway station (disambiguation).

Ardrossan South Beach
Scottish Gaelic: Tràigh a Deas Àird Rosain
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Location
Place	Ardrossan
Local authority	North Ayrshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS238421
Operations
Station code	ASB
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.181 million
2005/06	0.187 million
2006/07	0.192 million
2007/08	0.201 million
2008/09	0.220 million
2009/10	0.216 million
2010/11	0.229 million
2011/12	0.235 million
- Interchange	252
2012/13	0.242 million
- Interchange	295
2013/14	0.219 million
- Interchange	344
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Ardrossan Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 January 1883	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ardrossan South Beach from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Template:Ardrossan Stations Ardrossan South Beach railway station is one of three in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1883 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, during the extension of the former Ardrossan Railway to Largs. It became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.

Originally a two side platform station, the eastbound platform was demolished in 1987, with passenger trains for both directions now using the westbound platform. The eastbound track remains and is used for freight (mainly to and from Hunterston Terminal). A ticket office is still present at this station and is manned for most services.

There were locomotive sheds just slightly to the west of the station, built in 1881. This was a fairly large complex including offices, stores and workshops and employed over 300 people at its peak. The succession of diesel engines over steam led to the sheds' demise, and they were demolished in 1975. A single siding is in place at the site.

Facilities

The station has a small car park (23 spaces) and ticket office staffed seven days a week.

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
West Kilbride		Abellio ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Saltcoats
Ardrossan Town		Abellio ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line
	Historical railways
West Kilbride Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Largs Branch		Connection with Ardrossan Railway
Ardrossan Town Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ardrossan Railway		Saltcoats Line and station open

2009

On Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and an hourly service westbound to both Ardrossan Town and Largs. Since 2009, most Ardrossan Town services have been extended to Ardrossan Harbour, where there are ferry connections to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

On Sundays, there is usually an hourly service towards Glasgow Central and Largs with extra services to Ardrossan Harbour, connecting with the ferry.

From December 2011

• 2 trains per hour to Glasgow Central
• 1 train per hour to Largs
• 1 train per hour to Ardrossan Harbour. Some services are timed to coincide with the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry service to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

On Sundays, there are usually hourly services towards Glasgow Central and Largs, with six services to Ardrossan Harbour connecting with the ferry.

References

Sources

• Stations on navigable O.S. map. Used station near Golf Course on line towards Stevenston.