Prestwick International Airport railway station

Railway station in South Ayrshire, Scotland

55°30′32″N 4°36′51″W / 55.5090°N 4.6141°W / 55.5090; -4.6141Grid referenceNS350270Managed byGlasgow Prestwick AirportPlatforms2Other informationStation codePRAKey dates5 September 1994OpenedPassengers2018/19Decrease 0.105 million2019/20Decrease 0.101 million2020/21Decrease 7,7342021/22Increase 26,2762022/23Increase 56,980
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Prestwick International Airport railway station (formerly known as Glasgow Prestwick Airport station) serves Glasgow Prestwick Airport, near the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is 37+34 miles (60.8 km) south west of Glasgow Central, on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

It opened on 5 September 1994. It is currently the only railway station in Scotland that is directly connected to an airport. It is also the only railway station in Scotland not managed by ScotRail or Network Rail.

Services

December 2019

Monday - Saturday: There are four trains per hour (two trains per hour in the evening) northbound to Glasgow and southbound to Ayr.

Sunday: There are two trains per hour (one train per hour in the evening) northbound to Glasgow and southbound to Ayr.

Services between Kilmarnock and Stranraer don't usually call here, but there is one train northbound from Stranraer to Kilmarnock that calls here at 2236(Mon-Sat).[2]

The fastest journey time to Glasgow is around 45 minutes.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Prestwick Town   ScotRail
Ayrshire Coast Line
  Troon
Prestwick Town   ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
  Troon

References

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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