Ayrshire Coast Line
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The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the
The route is operated by ScotRail.
History
The Ayrshire Coast Line consists of lines that were formerly part of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, the Ardrossan Railway and its Largs Branch extension.
After electrification
The line to Ayr was electrified and Class 318 electric multiple units introduced by British Rail in September 1986. The line was promoted as the AyrLine in Scotrail publicity. Along with the introduction of new trains, major work was undertaken refurbishing stations, major trackworks and rebuilding many bridges. At the same time resignalling was carried out, replacing the existing semaphore signals.[1] The full electrified service, including trains to Largs and Ardrossan Harbour, commenced on 19 January 1987.[1] These were supplemented by occasional use of Class 303 and Class 311 EMUs, then in use on the Inverclyde Line.
These EMUs replaced the
DMUs were also used on the line, but they succumbed to old age in the early 1980s.Services 2023
As of December 2023, There is 4 trains per hour running every 15 minutes between Glasgow Central and Kilwinning, 2 of these continue to Ayr while 1 an hour serves Ardrossan Harbour and Largs each. Extra trains run at peak hours with all trains calling at Paisley Gilmour Street, Johnstone and Kilwinning. There is occasionally extra servicss which run to/from Ardrossan Harbour to connect with CalMac sailings to/from Brodick on Arran, There is a w hourly service which runs between Kilmarnock and Ayr which calls at Troon and at Prestwick* On a Sunday. There is 3 trains an hour, 2 to Ayr and 1 to Largs and 4 trains per day to/from Ardrossan Harbour to connect with ferries, There are no Sunday services to/from Kilmarnock
- Not all Kilmarnock trains call at Prestwick Town and they do not call at Prestwick Airport
Route
The line runs along the same
The line connects with ferries at Ardrossan to Brodick on the Isle of Arran and at Largs to Great Cumbrae.
References
Notes
Sources
- "The Rebirth of AyrLine: Electrification to Ayr/Ardrossan/Largs - 1986/1987".
- "The Rebirth of AyrLine: Electrification to Ayr/Ardrossan/Largs - 1987".
Further reading
- "The long wait is over for Ayrshire project". OCLC 49957965.