West Kilbride train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from West Kilbride on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ardrossan South Beach, with 36 trains a day.
West Kilbride is the nearest station for postcodes in KA23. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from West Kilbride
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardrossan South Beach | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Fairlie | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Glasgow Central | 36 | 35 | 0 |
| Johnstone | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Kilwinning | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Largs | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Saltcoats | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Stevenston | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Howwood | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Lochwinnoch | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Milliken Park | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Dalry | 34 | 34 | 29 |
| Glengarnock | 34 | 34 | 29 |
Lines serving West Kilbride
West Kilbride is on the Largs Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through West Kilbride station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside West Kilbride 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 West Kilbride station is
126,748 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,636th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between West Kilbride and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 61,532 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
- Fairlie 3.8 miles
- Ardrossan Harbour 4.1 miles
- Ardrossan Town 4.2 miles
- Ardrossan South Beach 4.3 miles
- Saltcoats 5.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of West Kilbride, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ardrossan North · 3.9 miles
- Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier · 4.0 miles
- Saltcoats North · 4.6 miles
- Fairlie Pier · 4.6 miles
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Facilities at West Kilbride station
West Kilbride is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Waiting room
Parking at West Kilbride station
- Station Car Park 23 spaces, 3 accessible
free
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to West Kilbride station
West Kilbride station is in North Ayrshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M77 J8, 15.9 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
West Kilbride 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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