Prestwick Town railway station

Prestwick Town Scottish Gaelic: Baile Phreastabhaig
General information
Location	Prestwick, South Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.5020°N 4.6143°W / 55.5020; -4.6143
Grid reference	NS349262
Manager	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PTW
Key dates
5 August 1839	Opened as Prestwick
September 1994	Renamed Prestwick Town
Passengers
2020/21	52,984
2021/22	0.186 million
2022/23	0.212 million
2023/24	0.373 million
2024/25	0.341 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

History

Originally known only as Prestwick, it was one of the original stations on the Ayr to Irvine portion of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway opened in August 1839.

Facilities

The ticket office at Prestwick Town has recently been refurbished, and now includes a height-adjustable ticket desk and automatic doors. Smartcard validators have been installed at the entrances to both platforms. Step-free access is only available on platform 2, as the opposite platform is only reachable via a stepped footbridge or steep ramp from the nearby road. Prestwick Town is one of the few stations on the Ayrshire Coast Line that remains staffed (the ticket office being staffed part-time, seven days per week). Facilities include a medium-sized car park and a café is present in the station building itself.

Services

On weekdays and Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Ayr. On the Glasgow South Western Line, there are also six trains per day northbound to Kilmarnock, one of which continues to Glasgow Central. Southbound, there are five trains per day to Girvan, one of which continues to Stranraer. Passengers need to change trains at Ayr for other southbound services beyond Ayr station. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Ayr.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newton-on-Ayr		ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Prestwick International Airport
Ayr		ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line
	Historical railways
Ayr Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Monkton Line open; station closed
Newton-on-Ayr Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr and Dalmellington Railway		Connection with GPK&AR at Falkland Junction