Prestwick International Airport railway station
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 The view south at the station, showing the walkway over the A79 to the terminal building | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Glasgow Prestwick Airport, South Ayrshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°30′32″N 4°36′51″W / 55.5090°N 4.6141°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS350270 | ||||
| Managed by | Glasgow Prestwick Airport | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | PRA | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 September 1994 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2017/18 |  0.133 million | ||||
| 2018/19 |  0.105 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.101 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 7,734 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 26,276 | ||||
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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 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.
December 2019
Monday - Saturday: There are four trains per hour (two trains per hour in the evening) northbound to Glasgow and southbound to Ayr.
Sunday: There are two trains per hour (one train per hour in the evening) northbound to Glasgow and southbound to Ayr.
Services between Kilmarnock and Stranraer don't usually call here, but there is one train northbound from Stranraer to Kilmarnock that calls here at 2236(Mon-Sat).[2]
The fastest journey time to Glasgow is around 45 minutes.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Prestwick Town | ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line |
Troon | ||
| Prestwick Town | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Troon | ||
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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External links
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