Auchinleck railway station

Auchinleck Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Leac[1]
Location	Auchinleck, East Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°28′11″N 4°17′44″W / 55.4698°N 4.2955°W / 55.4698; -4.2955Coordinates: 55°28′11″N 4°17′44″W / 55.4698°N 4.2955°W / 55.4698; -4.2955
Grid reference	NS549219
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AUK
Key dates
9 August 1848	Opened
6 December 1965	Closed
12 May 1984	Reopened by British Rail
Passengers
2016/17	61,838
2017/18	67,404
2018/19	77,754
2019/20	72,080
2020/21	5,162
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 town of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. It is also the nearest station to the larger town of Cumnock.

History[]

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[]

There are now no permanent structures 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]

2021 services[]

As of 2021, there are 8 trains per day in each direction to Glasgow Central and 6 trains to per day to Carlisle on Monday to Saturdays, on a mostly 2 hourly frequency; however it is an uneven frequency meaning there is gaps of up to 3 hours at certain times of the day. One of the Carlisle trains extends through to Newcastle. 2 trains per day only go as far as Dumfries. On a Sunday a limited service of just 2 trains per day each way operate.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
New Cumnock		Abellio 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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  Auchinleck, looking towards New Cumnock

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  Auchinleck, looking towards Kilmarnock

References[]

Notes[]

Sources[]

• 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. (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.
• 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.

External links[]

• Station on navigable O. S. map

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