Ardrossan Town railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Ardrossan Town

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manager = First ScotRail
code = ADN
locale = Ardrossan
borough = North Ayrshire
latitude = 55.6398
longitude = -4.8123
gridref = NS230420
pte = SPT
lowusage0203 = 7,132
lowusage0405 = 13,539
lowusage0506 = 16,455
lowusage0607 = 16,524
platforms = 1
years = 1831
events = Opened as Ardrossan
years1 = 2 March 1953
events1 = Renamed Ardrossan Town
years2 = 1 January 1968
events2 = Closed
years3 = 19 January 1987
events3 = Reopened

Ardrossan Town railway station is one of three railway stations in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is one of the oldest operational railway stations in Ayrshire, although services and facilities are severely cut back from the station's peak in the early 20th century. The station is currently managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History

The station was opened in 1831 by the Ardrossan Railway and was simply known as Ardrossan.Butt, page 18] The original station had two side platforms and although was a terminus at first it became an intermediate station upon the opening of Ardrossan Pier railway station in 1840. The station was rebuilt some time around 1890,Hume, p. 43]

It became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway, passing to 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, and was renamed Ardrossan Town by British Rail on 2 March 1953.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The rebuilt station consisted of the two through lines with the addition of a bay platform at the north end. A goods shed and yard were located to the west of the plaforms. The main offices were located on the up platform, consisting of a one and two story ashlar building. The station was closed on 1 January 1968, and lay derelict for a number of years, though the double tracks into the bay platform remained and were used by DMUs from time to time.fact|date=March 2008

Upon electrification of the Ayrshire Coast Line, the station was reopened on 19 January 1987, now unstaffed and on a far smaller scale: the double track to the harbour was singled and the up platform removed, meaning trains from both directions would now have to use the former down platform. After electrification the nearby level crossing gates remained for a number of years but have since been removed. The station buildings remained unused but were later refurbished for use as commercial properties and the branch lines into the bay platform at the station were lifted. In the early 2000s the surviving station office buildings were demolished and replaced by a contemporary red-brick commercial unit. The goods shed remains as private property.

ervices

Monday to Saturdays there is an hourly service westbound to Glasgow Central, with occasional services eastbound to Ardrossan Harbour to connect with the ferry service to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

There is no Sunday service. Passengers can use Ardrossan South Beach station instead.

rail line
previous = Ardrossan Harbour
next = Ardrossan South Beach
route = First ScotRail

"'Ayrshire Coast Line
col = FF80C0rail line
previous = "Connection with
Ardrossan Railway
next = West Kilbride
"Link closed; station open
route = Glasgow and South Western Railway

"'Largs Branch
col = 66ba5arail line
previous = Ardrossan Winton Pier
"Line open; station closed
next = Ardrossan South Beach
"Line and station open
route = Glasgow and South Western Railway

"'Ardrossan Railway
col = 66ba5a
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