Troon railway station

Troon
Scottish Gaelic: An Truthail
Location
Place	Troon
Local authority	South Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°32′33″N 4°39′20″W / 55.5426°N 4.6555°WCoordinates: 55°32′33″N 4°39′20″W / 55.5426°N 4.6555°W
Grid reference	NS325308
Operations
Station code	TRN
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.509 million
2006/07	0.562 million
2007/08	0.569 million
2008/09	0.618 million
2009/10	0.614 million
2010/11	0.645 million
2011/12	0.645 million
2012/13	0.656 million
2013/14	0.653 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
2 May 1892	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 Troon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Railway Stations in Troon
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Kilmarnock and Troon Railway Barassie(GPK&AR) Barassie Junction Troon Harbour(K&TR) Troon Goods Troon (new)(Troon Loop Line) Troon (old)(GPK&AR) Lochgreen Junction Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

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

History

The station was opened by the Glasgow and South Western Railway on 2 May 1892,^[1] replacing the earlier station of the same name to the east which closed on the same day.^[1] The station was part of a short loop line that left the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway just south of Barassie and rejoined the line to the north of Monkton.

Description

Troon station consists of two side platforms with buildings designed by architect James Miller.^[2] The station was refurbished in the spring of 2004 ready for the 2004 Open Golf Championship which was being held at nearby Royal Troon. During the week-long event including practice days, Troon saw an estimated 100,000 extra passengers pass through its station.

Services

December 2012

Basic service

• 3 trains per hourly to Glasgow Central
• 3 trains per hour to Ayr
• 1 train ever 2 hours to Kilmarnock(With some longer gaps during the day) No Sunday service,

Sundays

• Half-hourly service to Glasgow and Ayr

Ferry to Larne

The port of Troon is located approximately 0.8 miles or 1 kilometre from the railway station - a walk of around fifteen minutes. There are footpaths throughout. Until 2016, P&O Irish Sea ran a seasonal fast ferry, HSC Express, from the port of Troon to Larne Harbour. This connected with trains run by Northern Ireland Railways to Belfast Central and Belfast Great Victoria Street.

References

Notes

1. Butt, p. 234
2. Hume, p. 55

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Hume, John R. (1976). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, Vol. 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-3234-9.