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Kilwinning
A southbound freight train at the junction just north of Kilwinning station
Location
Place	Kilwinning
Local authority	North Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°39′23″N 4°42′34″W / 55.6563, -4.7095Coordinates: 55°39′23″N 4°42′34″W / 55.6563, -4.7095
Grid reference	NS295436
Operations
Station code	KWN
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	4
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.847 million
2005/06 *	0.908 million
2006/07 *	0.921 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
23 March 1840	Opened
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kilwinning from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Kilwinning railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History

The station was opened on 23 March 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway,¹ and was built as an interchange, seeing traffic coming from Glasgow, Ayr and Ardrossan (and later Largs).

Current operations

Kilwinning has the busiest station for stopping passenger trains in North Ayrshire, with all Largs and Ardrossan services calling and all but two Ayr services calling at the station. The station is also the fifth busiest in terms of passenger numbers on the Ayrshire Coast Line behind Glasgow Central, Paisley Gilmour Street, Glasgow Prestwick Airport and Ayr.²

Redevelopment of Kilwinning station is due to start soon, with the taxi rank and main car park being moved to allow buses to serve the station as part of an interchange project drawn up by North Ayrshire Council, where Service 11 buses to/from Kilmarnock will call at the station.^{citation needed}

Discussions have been on-going for some time between the Council and Network Rail over the buying of old goods sidings to the west of the station to allow for more car parking at the site. North Ayrshire are hoping to build a two-tiered structure which will hold double the amount of cars than is currently the case at the station.^{citation needed}

Gallery

A Glasgow bound train leaves the Ayr/Stranraer line side of Kilwinning station

References

Notes

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 Edition, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.