Ayr Railway Station
Ayr railway station serves the town of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated in Smith Street, off Burns Statue Square.
The station, which is managed by First ScotRail, is on the Ayrshire Coast Line 67 km (41½ miles) south-east of Glasgow Central railway station.
Services
There are trains from Ayr to Glasgow Central every half hour daily, except for Sundays during the winter timetable (Oct-May), when the frequency is hourly. This service is one of the busiest on the rail network in Scotland and can suffer from serious overcrowding at peak times. To alleviate this, First ScotRail in June 2005 extended the length of trains departing Ayr between 0643 and 1813 on weekdays to six cars wherever possible. The expansion of low-cost carrier Ryanair from Glasgow Prestwick Airport is the main reason behind the soaring passenger numbers on the Glasgow - Ayr route.
There are also less frequent services from Ayr to Girvan, Stranraer, Kilmarnock and Newcastle in England.
Information
Ayr was provided with automatic ticket barriers in December 2006 as part of the First ScotRail's revenue protection policy.
Ayr used to have a daily London Euston service which ran via Barassie to the G&SW line. The service was dropped in the early 1990s due to restructuring of BR timetables.
Ayr has also one of eight remaining ticket offices on the Ayr to Glasgow Central line, the others being Prestwick Town, Troon, Irvine, Kilwinning, Johnstone, Paisley Gilmour Street and Glasgow Central.
Hotel
The Station Hotel is attached to the station. Originally railway owned, it has changed ownership a number of times, having been owned by the Stakis group, Quality, and – at present – Swallow Hotels.
The Station Hotel is currently the oldest most famous hotel in Ayr. The hotel has retained almost all of its original features inside and out.
All of the bedrooms were last renovated in 2005.
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