Kilwinning train station
You can reach 26 stations directly from Kilwinning on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 156 trains a day.
Kilwinning is the nearest station for postcodes in KA13. Check your own postcode.
- 26 direct destinations
- 661st busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 310 parking spaces
Direct trains from Kilwinning
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Central | 156 | 149 | 1 |
| Johnstone | 155 | 149 | 91 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 155 | 149 | 91 |
| Dalry | 82 | 77 | 30 |
| Glengarnock | 82 | 77 | 30 |
| Ayr | 79 | 75 | 52 |
| Irvine | 79 | 75 | 52 |
| Prestwick Town | 79 | 75 | 52 |
| Troon | 79 | 75 | 52 |
| Ardrossan South Beach | 76 | 73 | 39 |
| Milliken Park | 76 | 72 | 38 |
| Saltcoats | 76 | 73 | 39 |
| Stevenston | 76 | 73 | 39 |
| Barassie | 75 | 75 | 30 |
| Newton-on-Ayr | 75 | 75 | 30 |
| Prestwick International Airport | 75 | 75 | 52 |
| Howwood | 74 | 71 | 29 |
| Lochwinnoch | 74 | 71 | 29 |
| Fairlie | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Largs | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| West Kilbride | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Ardrossan Town | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| Ardrossan Harbour | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| Cardonald | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hillington East | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hillington West | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Kilwinning
Kilwinning is on the Ayrshire Coast Line and the Largs Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Kilwinning station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Kilwinning station on 16 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 4 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and 2 paths on the Sunday. 1 of them runs whatever the traffic; the rest are 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.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Kilwinning station is
781,106 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 661st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 83,979 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Kilwinning and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 416,270 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
- Stevenston 2.2 miles
- Saltcoats 3.3 miles
- Irvine 3.4 miles
- Dalry 3.4 miles
- Ardrossan South Beach 3.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Kilwinning, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Kilwinning East · 0.3 miles
- Ardeer Platform · 2.2 miles
- Bogside · 2.2 miles
- Stevenston Moorpark · 2.3 miles
- Bogside Moor Halt · 2.3 miles
- Montgreenan · 2.7 miles
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Facilities at Kilwinning station
Kilwinning is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:05 to 20:00 · Friday: 06:40 to 20:00 · Saturday: 06:40 to 20:00 · Sunday: 08:50 to 19:00
Toilets · Waiting room · WiFi
Parking at Kilwinning station
- Station Car Park 310 spaces, 15 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 25 August 2026.
Getting to Kilwinning station
Kilwinning station is in North Ayrshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M77 J8, 10.1 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kilwinning 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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