Ayr train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from Ayr on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Troon, with 98 trains a day.
Ayr is the nearest station for postcodes in KA7, KA6. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Ayr
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troon | 98 | 94 | 52 |
| Prestwick Town | 91 | 87 | 52 |
| Glasgow Central | 82 | 78 | 0 |
| Irvine | 79 | 75 | 52 |
| Kilwinning | 79 | 75 | 52 |
| Johnstone | 78 | 75 | 52 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 78 | 75 | 52 |
| Barassie | 75 | 75 | 30 |
| Newton-on-Ayr | 75 | 75 | 30 |
| Prestwick International Airport | 75 | 75 | 52 |
| Girvan | 28 | 28 | 10 |
| Maybole | 28 | 28 | 10 |
| Kilmarnock | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Barrhill | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Stranraer | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Dalry | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Glengarnock | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Barrhead | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dunlop | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Kilmaurs | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Milliken Park | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Stewarton | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Cardonald | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hillington East | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hillington West | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Howwood | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Lochwinnoch | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Lines serving Ayr
Ayr is on the Ayrshire Coast Line and the Stranraer Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ayr station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Ayr station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Ayr station is
795,560 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 654th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 38,459 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Ayr and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 294,426 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 13 stations instead of 27, a drop of about 52%. Saturday runs to 27.
Nearest other stations
- Newton-on-Ayr 1.1 miles
- Prestwick Town 3.0 miles
- Prestwick International Airport 3.5 miles
- Troon 6.0 miles
- Barassie 7.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ayr, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Newtonhead · 0.6 miles
- Ayr · 0.6 miles
- Alloway · 2.1 miles
- Auchincruive · 2.6 miles
- Maybole Junction · 3.0 miles
- Heads of Ayr Holiday Camp · 3.2 miles
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Facilities at Ayr station
Ayr is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:30 to 23:15 · Saturday: 05:30 to 23:15 · Sunday: 08:40 to 23:05
Waiting room · WiFi
Parking at Ayr station
- Station Car Park 214 spaces, 7 accessible
£3.00 a day
Cycle parking: 52 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Ayr station
Ayr station is in South Ayrshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M77 J8, 14.9 miles north-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ayr 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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