Prestwick International Airport railway station

Prestwick International Airport National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Eadar-nàiseanta Phreastabhaig[1]
The station at night
Location
Place Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Local authority South Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°30′32″N 4°36′51″W / 55.5090°N 4.6141°W / 55.5090; -4.6141Coordinates: 55°30′32″N 4°36′51″W / 55.5090°N 4.6141°W / 55.5090; -4.6141
Grid reference NS350270
Operations
Station code PRA
Managed by Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.343 million
2013/14 Increase 0.453 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.294 million
2015/16 Decrease 93,026
2016/17 Increase 0.118 million
History
5 September 1994 Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prestwick International Airport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Prestwick International Airport railway station (formerly known as Glasgow Prestwick Airport station) serves Glasgow Prestwick Airport, near the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is 37 3⁄4 miles (60.8 km) south west of Glasgow Central, on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

It opened on 5 September 1994. It is currently the only railway station in Scotland that is directly connected to an airport. It is also the only railway station in Scotland not managed by Abellio ScotRail or Network Rail.

Services

December 2012

The station is served by three trains an hour in each direction to Glasgow Central and Ayr and occasional services to Kilmarnock and stations beyond Ayr. The journey time to Glasgow is around 46 minutes.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Prestwick Town   Abellio ScotRail
Ayrshire Coast Line
   Troon
Prestwick Town   Abellio ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
   Troon

References

  1. ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.


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