Barrhill railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Barrhill, South Ayrshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°05′51″N 4°46′56″W / 55.0975°N 4.7822°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NX225816 | ||||
| Owner | Network Rail | ||||
| Manager | ScotRail | ||||
Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BRL[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
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| 5 October 1877 | Opened[3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  768 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  3,430 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 5,024 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 3,874 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 3,878 | ||||
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Barrhill railway station is a railway station serving the village of Barrhill, South Ayrshire, Scotland, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north-east of the station.[4] The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line between Girvan and Stranraer, 12 miles 35 chains (20.0 km) from the former junction at Girvan.[5] A passing loop 19 chains (380 metres) 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.[3] The station was briefly closed between 7 February 1882 and 16 February 1882,[3] and between 12 April 1886 and 14 June 1886.[3]
The station features in the novel Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers, first published in 1931.[6][4]
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.[7]
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)[8] - it was originally situated further down the line at Portpatrick but dismantled and moved to Barrhill after becoming redundant at its original location.[9] 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.[9]
Facilities
The station's former booking office is closed and not for public use, although the signaller can assist with passenger queries.[10] The station has a small car park, cycle storage, waiting shelters, a toilet, help points and live departure screens.[11]
Passenger volume
| 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 5,591 | 5,352 | 4,789 | 4,810 | 4,864 | 4,568 | 4,804 | 5,290 | 5,712 | 11,214 | 11,016 | 10,150 | 13,552 | 12,980 | 10,124 | 7,144 | 768 | 3,430 | 5,024 | 3,874 | 3,878 |
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.[13]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stranraer | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Girvan | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Glenwhilly Line open, station closed |
Glasgow and South Western Railway Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway |
Pinwherry Line open; station closed | ||
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.[14][15]
References
- ↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 28
- 1 2 "Barrhill – Carrick History Society". Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (2021). Railway Track Diagrams; 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (7th ed.). Frome: TRACKmaps. p. 2. ISBN 978 1999627140.
- ↑ Caton 2018, p. 31.
- ↑ "20/12/18: Services return to normal at Ayr station | ScotRail". www.scotrail.co.uk.
- ↑ Caton 2018, p. 32.
- 1 2 "Barrhill signal box". www.signalbox.org. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- ↑ Caton 2018, p. 33.
- ↑ "Barrhill Station". ScotRail. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- ↑ eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 202 (Network Rail)
- ↑ "What is South West Scotland Community Rail Partnership?" (PDF). South West Scotland Community Rail Partnership. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- ↑ "Community rail in Scotland - Community Rail Network". communityrail.org.uk. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
Bibliography
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Caton, Peter (2018). Remote Stations. Leicestershire: Matador. ISBN 978-1-78901-408-2.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
External links
- Train times and station information for Barrhill railway station from National Rail
- Video and narration on Barrhill Railway Station.
