Barrhill railway station is a railway station serving the village of Barrhill, South Ayrshire, Scotland, approximately north-east of the station. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line between Girvan and Stranraer, from the former junction at Girvan. A passing loop long is located here on what is otherwise a single track route.
History
The station was opened by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway on 5 October 1877.Butt (1995), page 28 The station was briefly closed between 7 February 1882 and 16 February 1882, and between 12 April 1886 and 14 June 1886.
The station features in the novel Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers, first published in 1931.
The line that runs through Barrhill station was temporarily closed between August and November 2018 due to the closures of platform 3 and 4 of Ayr station. This was caused by the adjacent hotel building that was found to be structurally unsound, which was then subsequently secured, allowing services to resume.
Signalling
The small signal box that houses the lever frame operating the loop was installed in 1935 after its predecessor was destroyed by fire (this in turn replaced the first signal box, which was removed in 1907) - it was originally situated further down the line at Portpatrick but dismantled and moved to Barrhill after becoming redundant at its original location. The box only houses the frame however - the tablet instruments and block bells are in the main station building, which allows one railman to act as both stationmaster and signaller.
Facilities The station's former booking office is closed and not for public use, although the signaller can assist with passenger queries. The station has a small car park, cycle storage, waiting shelters, a toilet, help points and live departure screens.
Passenger volume +Passenger volume at Barrhill2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits5,5915,3524,7894,8104,8644,5684,8045,2905,71211,21411,01610,15013,55212,98010,1247,1447683,4305,0243,8743,878 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services There are 5 trains per day to Stranraer and 5 trains per day to Ayr which run to an irregular 2 to 4 hour frequency (2 of which extend to Kilmarnock with 1 extending onwards to Glasgow Central). The Sunday service is broadly the same except all trains terminate at Ayr heading northbound, and are every 2 hours instead.eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 202 (Network Rail)
Community rail The station, as with most other stations across Ayrshire, including up to Kilmarnock, is part of the South West Scotland Community Rail Partnership.
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External links
Video and narration on Barrhill Railway Station.