Saltcoats railway station

For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway see Saltcoats North railway station.

Saltcoats
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Location
Place	Saltcoats
Local authority	North Ayrshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS248413
Operations
Station code	SLT
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.304 million
2004/05	0.312 million
2005/06	0.334 million
2006/07	0.350 million
2007/08	0.342 million
2008/09	0.384 million
2009/10	0.386 million
2010/11	0.390 million
2011/12	0.384 million
2012/13	0.398 million
2013/14	0.348 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Ardrossan Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
27 July 1840	Opened as Saltcoats
1 July 1858	Relocated due west
1882	Relocated between two previous sites
30 June 1952	Renamed Saltcoats Central
4 February 1965	Renamed Saltcoats
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saltcoats from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Saltcoats railway station is a railway station serving the town of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History

The station originally opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway. The station was relocated a short distance west of the original location on 1 July 1858 and relocated again to its present location (between the first two sites) in 1882. The station was known as Saltcoats Central from 30 June 1952 to 4 February 1965, when it was renamed back to its original name.

Station description

Saltcoats station has two large station buildings, one of which is still in use as a ticket office. The second building on the westbound platform was once used as the station offices and station master's house, and is now a cafe.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there are half-hourly services eastbound to Glasgow Central and hourly westbound to Largs and Ardrossan Town respectively.

On Sundays there is an hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Largs.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ardrossan South Beach		Abellio ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Stevenston
	Historical railways
Ardrossan South Beach Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ardrossan Railway		Stevenston Line and station open