Stewarton railway station

Stewarton
The rebuilt Stewarton station in 2010, looking towards Glasgow
Location
Place	Stewarton
Local authority	East Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°40′56″N 4°31′05″W / 55.6821°N 4.5181°WCoordinates: 55°40′56″N 4°31′05″W / 55.6821°N 4.5181°W
Grid reference	NS417460
Operations
Station code	STT
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.198 million
2004/05	0.199 million
2005/06	0.198 million
2006/07	0.195 million
2007/08	0.196 million
2008/09	0.222 million
2009/10	0.235 million
2010/11	0.283 million
2011/12	0.322 million
2012/13	0.332 million
2013/14	0.326 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
27 March 1871	Opened
7 November 1966	Closed
5 June 1967	Re-opened
1975	Line singled and one platform taken out of service
2009	Line doubled and Platform 2 reinstated
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stewarton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Stewarton railway station is a railway station in the town of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The station was opened on 27 March 1871 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway. The station closed on 7 November 1966, however it reopened on 5 June 1967. In April 2007 a 'Ticket Issuing Machine' was installed in recognition of the relatively high passenger levels.

Operations to reinstate a second line between Lochridge Junction near Stewarton and Lugton started in 2008. With the work completed in September 2009, the second platform was reinstated, the pedestrian underpass re-opened and full disabled access provided. An overspill car park opened on 31 January 2012, accessed from platform 2.

Stewarton opened for goods traffic on 23 March 1871 and closed on 5 October 1964.^[1] It handled general goods as well as livestock and horseboxes.^[2]

The station lay 19.02 miles south of the old terminus, Glasgow Saint Enoch.^[3]

The station has been adopted (2015) by the staff and clients of Hansel Village near Symington and they also maintain the displays of planted flowers on the platforms.

Services

2008/09

The station had a basic hourly service each way (including Sundays) to Glasgow and Kilmarnock, with some southbound trains continuing to either Carlisle or Girvan and Stranraer.

From December 2009

Since 13 December 2009 the station has had a basic half-hourly service each way to Glasgow and Kilmarnock; some trains run as express services from Dunlop non-stop to/from Glasgow Central in the May 2016 timetable. The Sunday service is mostly hourly.^[4]

Some southbound trains continue to either Carlisle, Newcastle, Ayr or Girvan and Stranraer.

A ticket machine is located on Platform 2.

From December 2012 all trains on a Sunday use Platform 1 only as does the 5.31am Glasgow bound weekday train.

2016 floods

In January 2016 a number of Virgin Trains were re-routed via Kilmarnock due to flood damage to a bridge on the Glasgow to Carlisle main line near Lockerbie. The full regular half-hourly service was suspended for a time and replaced with an hourly during off peak times.^[5]

Gallery

• 
  Stewarton station as it was in July 2005, looking towards Glasgow
• 
  The entrance to Stewarton railway station
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  Stewarton station infrastructure with the old underpass visible
• 
  The old pedestrian underpass as excavated during platform building works in 2009
• 
  Stewarton station in 2008 with a train heading to Kilmarnock
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  Looking towards Kilmarnock in 2010
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  Stewarton station facing towards Kilmarnock with track doubling work in evidence
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  Platform construction works under way in 2009
• 
  New underpass to Platform 2 in 2010
• 
  The new car park that opened on 31 January 2012

References

1. Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of stations, routes & lines. G&SWR Association. Part 6.3, Page 18
2. Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of stations, routes & lines. G&SWR Association. Part 3.1, Page 4
3. Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of stations, routes & lines. G&SWR Association. Part 6.3, Page 18
4. Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2016
5. Rugby Rail Users Group

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.

External links

• Video and commentary on two navies who died whilst building the Lainshaw Viaduct.

• Train times and station information for Stewarton railway station from National Rail