Barassie railway station

Barassie railway station is a railway station serving Barassie, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

Barassie

Scottish Gaelic: Bàrr Fhasaidh[1]
Barassie railway station, looking north
LocationBarassie, South Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.5614°N 4.6514°W / 55.5614; -4.6514
Grid referenceNS328328
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Transit authorityStrathclyde Partnership for Transport
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBSS
Key dates
5 August 1839Opened
Passengers
2015/16 0.170 million
2016/17 0.174 million
2017/18 0.184 million
2018/19 0.171 million
2019/20 0.168 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History
The station with four platforms in 1974

The station was originally opened on 5 August 1839 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.[2] At one point a halt existed nearby serving Barassie Workshops, however it was closed by July 1926.[2]

Barassie station originally had four platforms, two of which were on the former Kilmarnock and Troon Railway line from Kilmarnock. These platforms went out of use after the local passenger service over the branch was withdrawn by British Rail on 3 March 1969.[3] They are now derelict & fenced off, but the two platforms on the Ayr line are still operational today. Barassie was a staffed station until the line was electrified in 1986, but the main buildings have since been demolished and there are now only waiting shelters in use on each platform.

South of the station, there are a number of active engineers sidings that occupy the alignment of the original 1839 GPK&AR route southwards. As first built, this bypassed Troon to the east by around half a mile, leaving travellers with an inconvenient journey by coach or on foot from the town centre to the initial passenger station. It wasn't until 1892 that this problem was finally remedied by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, who opened a new deviation line and passenger station that was much better sited for the town. This line (known as the Troon Loop) is now the only one in use, as its predecessor closed to through traffic in November 1982 (though most passenger trains had been routed via the Loop line since April 1966) and was subsequently lifted at its southern end during the re-signalling & electrification work. The former K&TR line to Troon (Harbour) has also disappeared, closing to all traffic in 1973.

Passenger services over the Kilmarnock branch were subsequently reinstated in May 1975, when the twice-daily Stranraer Harbour - London Euston boat trains were diverted over the route. However the branch platforms were not reopened (as noted above) as the services concerned ran non-stop between Kilmarnock & Ayr. As a consequence of this, the current (more frequent) Kilmarnock - Ayr - Girvan DMU service cannot call here. The branch has also been singled, with control shared between the West of Scotland Signalling Centre in Glasgow (which supervises the entire Glasgow - Ayr route) and Kilmarnock PSB.

Services

December 2013

Mondays-Fridays : three trains per hour each way (with peak hour extras), to Glasgow and Ayr. On Saturdays only this rises to three per hour each way.[4]

Evenings and Sundays see an hourly service in each direction.

May 2016

There are now three departures per hour to Glasgow Central & Ayr on weekdays as well as Saturdays. Two of the three Glasgow-bound trains are fast/limited stop from Kilwinning. The evening & Sunday service remains unchanged.[5]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Troon   Abellio ScotRail
Ayrshire Coast Line
   Irvine
  Historical railways  
Troon (new)   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Troon Loop Line
   Connection with
GPK&AR
Troon (old)
Line and station closed		   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
   Gailes
Line open; station closed
Troon (Harbour)
Line and station closed		   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
   Drybridge
Line open; station closed

References

Notes
  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt, p. 26
  3. Stansfield, p.8
  4. GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 221
  5. Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources
  • 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. (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.
  • Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.
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