Troon railway station is a railway station serving the town of Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all services, and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, between Prestwick International Airport to the south, Barassie to the north, and Kilmarnock to the north east. It is measured from Barassie Junction, where the line to Kilmarnock diverges.
History
The first station opened on 5 August 1839,Butt, p. 234 and closed to passengers on 2 May 1892 upon the opening of a new station on a new loop line to the west. The original line remained open as a means of bypassing the new Tstation, and also to serve Troon Goods station which was located slightly to the north of the closed passenger station.
The new station was opened by the Glasgow and South Western Railway on the same day of the closure of the first station.Butt, p. 234 The station was part of a short loop line that left the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway just south of and rejoined the line to the north of .
Troon station consists of two side platforms with buildings designed by the architect James Miller.Hume, p. 55 2021 fire On 17 July 2021, when the station was unstaffed, a fire severely damaged the station building at platform 1, including the ticket office, a hairdresser and a café. Damage to the overhead wires led to suspension of service between Kilwinning and Ayr until 23 July 2021 and suspension of service at Troon until the structures could be rendered safe. The station reopened in late July 2021.
The station was repaired and refurbished by Network Rail between October 2023 and July 2024.
Facilities The station has a car park and cycle storage, pay phones, waiting rooms, toilets, ticket machines and a ticket office, and departure screens.
Passenger volume +Passenger volume at Troon2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits509,318539,180561,803569,318617,904613,848644,720644,836655,828653,312683,102671,310756,400659,962616,184610,08679,790271,606337,142370,634498,042Interchanges3,1933,4913,8764,3815,0174,7774,9877,5455,4475,6606,1749,9178,6028,3567,9577,5641,0073,2453,9045,5337,100 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services On weekdays, there is a half-hourly service northbound to and southbound to . On the Glasgow South Western Line, there are also nine trains per day northbound to , one of which continues to . Southbound, there are eight trains per day to , two of which continue to . Passengers need to change trains at Ayr for other southbound services beyond Ayr station.
On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service northbound to and southbound to .
Ferry The port of Troon is located approximately from the railway station, a walk of around fifteen minutes. There are footpaths throughout. Since March 2024, Caledonian MacBrayne operate a ferry service to Brodick on the Isle of Arran multiple times a day, initially using the chartered catamaran before the introduction of their new vessel . Bus transfers operate from the station to the ferry terminal at ferry times.
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External links
Video footage of Troon Station in 2016, YouTube