Ardrossan South Beach train station

You can reach 16 stations directly from Ardrossan South Beach on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 76 trains a day.

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• 16 direct destinations
• 1,493rd busiest in Britain
• Staffed part time
• Step-free throughout
• 24 parking spaces

Direct trains from Ardrossan South Beach

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

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Lines serving Ardrossan South Beach

Ardrossan South Beach is on the Largs Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Ardrossan South Beach station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Ardrossan South Beach station on 18 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 4 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Ardrossan South Beach station is

167,462 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,493rd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 258 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Ardrossan South Beach and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 87,324 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Changing from 14 April 2027

From 14 April 2027, Ardrossan South Beach gains 1 destination including Hillington West.

Nearest other stations

• Ardrossan Town 0.5 miles
• Ardrossan Harbour 0.8 miles
• Saltcoats 0.8 miles
• Stevenston 2.0 miles
• Kilwinning 3.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Ardrossan South Beach, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Saltcoats North · 0.5 miles
• Ardrossan North · 0.6 miles
• Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier · 0.8 miles
• Stevenston Moorpark · 1.8 miles
• Ardeer Platform · 2.9 miles
• Kilwinning East · 3.9 miles

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Facilities at Ardrossan South Beach station

Ardrossan South Beach is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday: 06:45 to 12:15 · Friday: 07:00 to 17:15 · Saturday: 08:15 to 16:30 · Sunday: 10:00 to 14:00

Waiting room

Parking at Ardrossan South Beach station

• Station Car Park 24 spaces, 1 accessible
  £2.30 a day

Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.

Getting to Ardrossan South Beach station

Ardrossan South Beach station is in North Ayrshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.

The nearest motorway junction is M77 J8, 13.6 miles east.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Ardrossan South Beach station elsewhere

• National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
• Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
• Wikipedia the station's history
• OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from

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