Prestwick Town railway station


Prestwick Town railway station is a railway station serving the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. Originally known only as Prestwick, it was one of the original stations on the Ayr to Irvine portion of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway opened in August 1839.
Prestwick Town is one of the few stations on the Ayrshire Coast Line that remains manned. Facilities include a medium-sized car park and a cafe is present in the station building itself.
The ticket office at Prestwick Town has recently been refurbished, and now includes a height-adjustable ticket desk and automatic doors. Smartcard validators have been installed at the entrances to both platforms. Step-free access is only available on platform 2, as the opposite platform is only reachable via a stepped footbridge or steep ramp from the nearby road.

Services

The station has a basic service to and of four trains per hour Mon-Sat. Of these, two serve all stations to en route, whilst the others run fast north of Kilwinning; some are also extended to/from Edinburgh Waverley via. Certain - Ayr - services also stop here. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service each way to Glasgow and Ayr.