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Auchinleck railway station

Coordinates: 55°28′11″N 4°17′44″W / 55.4698°N 4.2955°W / 55.4698; -4.2955
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Auchinleck

Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Leac[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationAuchinleck, East Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°28′11″N 4°17′44″W / 55.4698°N 4.2955°W / 55.4698; -4.2955
Grid referenceNS549219
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeAUK
Key dates
9 August 1848Opened
6 December 1965Closed
12 May 1984Reopened by British Rail
Passengers
2018/19Increase 77,754
2019/20Decrease 72,080
2020/21Decrease 5,162
2021/22Increase 35,324
2022/23Increase 44,532
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Inaugural run souvenir ticket for 12 May 1984

Auchinleck railway station is a railway station in the village of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. It is also the nearest station to the larger town of Cumnock.

History

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The station was opened on 9 August 1848 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway,[2] then joining the Glasgow and South Western Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948, it was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 6 December 1965. It was reopened on 12 May 1984.[2]

Facilities

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There are now no permanent buildings here apart from waiting shelters on each platform and the pedestrian footbridge.[3] Train running details are supplied via timetable posters, digital information screens, customer help points and automatic announcements. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps.[4]

2023 services

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As of 2023, there are nine trains per day to Glasgow Central and seven trains per day to Carlisle on Mondays to Fridays, on a mostly two-hourly frequency; however it is an uneven frequency meaning there is gaps of up to three hours at certain times of the day. Three trains per day only go as far as Dumfries. Saturday services are mostly the same except there are only two trains that terminate at Dumfries and only eight trains to Glasgow Central. On a Sunday, a limited service of just two trains per day each way operate.

Before the May 2022 timetable change, one of the Carlisle trains extended through to Newcastle. This service was withdrawn at the aforementioned timetable change.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
New Cumnock   ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
  Kilmarnock
  Historical railways  
Cumnock
Line open; station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
  Mauchline
Line open; station closed
Commondyke
Line and station closed
   

Views of the station

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b Butt, p. 21
  3. ^ Auchinleck Railway Station Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 25 May 2017
  4. ^ Auchinleck station facilities National Rail Enquiries

Sources

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  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • 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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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