Glengarnock railway station is a railway station in the village of Glengarnock, North Ayrshire, Scotland, serving the towns of Beith and Kilbirnie. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.
History The station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (later part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway) and was named Glengarnock and Kilbirnie.Butt, p. 104 The station is marked on an 1897 Ordnance Survey maps as Kilbirnie Station. It was renamed Glengarnock on 1 June 1905 to coincide with the opening of the dedicated Kilbirnie railway station on the Dalry and North Johnstone Line.Butt, p. 131 Although this Kilbirnie station closed in 1966, the original station has continued to use only Glengarnock as its name.
Services There are two trains per hour between Glengarnock and Glasgow in both directions for most of the day, Trains from Glasgow continue to either or . There is an hourly Sunday service to Glasgow and Largs, along with services to Ardrossan Harbour to meet ferry sailings.
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External links Video of the station in 2015