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Girvan

Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Gharbhain[1]
National Rail
The exterior of Girvan station
General information
LocationGirvan, South Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°14′47″N 4°50′54″W / 55.2463°N 4.8482°W / 55.2463; -4.8482
Grid referenceNX190983
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGIR
Key dates
5 October 1877Opened as Girvan New
1 April 1893Renamed as Girvan
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 109,028
2019/20Increase 121,742
2020/21Decrease 15,456
2021/22Increase 60,996
2022/23Increase 73,744
Listed Building – Category B
Designated14 October 2004
Reference no.LB50007[2]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Girvan railway station is a railway station serving the town of Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all passenger services from there. It is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line and is situated 62 miles (100 kilometres) south of Glasgow Central. It has two platforms and is the location of one of the five passing loops on the single track line between Dalrymple Junction (south of Ayr) and Stranraer. Immediately south of the station, the line climbs steeply towards Pinmore tunnel – the climb is known as the Glendoune Bank and has a ruling gradient of 1 in 54.

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ "GIRVAN STATION INCLUDING SIGNAL BOX". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

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