Fairlie train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Fairlie on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ardrossan South Beach, with 37 trains a day.
Fairlie is the nearest station for postcodes in KA29, KA28. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Fairlie
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardrossan South Beach | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Glasgow Central | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Johnstone | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Kilwinning | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Largs | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Saltcoats | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Stevenston | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Howwood | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Lochwinnoch | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Milliken Park | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| West Kilbride | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Dalry | 35 | 34 | 29 |
| Glengarnock | 35 | 34 | 29 |
Lines serving Fairlie
Fairlie is on the Largs Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Fairlie station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Fairlie 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 Fairlie station is
38,032 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,139th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Fairlie and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 19,120 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.
Nearest other stations
- Largs 2.9 miles
- West Kilbride 3.8 miles
- Dalry 6.4 miles
- Glengarnock 7.0 miles
- Ardrossan Harbour 7.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Fairlie, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Fairlie Pier · 0.8 miles
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Facilities at Fairlie station
Fairlie is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Waiting room
Parking at Fairlie station
- Station Car Park 9 spaces, 1 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Fairlie station
Fairlie station is in North Ayrshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J31 (West Ferry Interchange), 16.3 miles north-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Fairlie 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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