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Troon Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon has a port with freight services and a yacht marina. Up until January 2016, P&O oper ...

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, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by

and is on the

Ayrshire Coast Line The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network in Scotland. It has 26 stations and connects the Ayrshire coast to Glasgow. There are three branches, to , and , all running into the high level at . ...

History

The station was opened by the

Glasgow and South Western Railway The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) was a railway company in Scotland. It served a triangular area of south-west Scotland between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle. It was formed on 28 October 1850 by the merger of two earlier railways, ...

on 2 May 1892,Butt, p. 234 replacing the earlier station of the same name to the east which closed on the same day. The station was part of a short loop line that left the former

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR) was a railway in Scotland that provided train services between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ayr. It opened its first line, between Glasgow and Ayr, in stages from 1839 to 1840. The section be ...

just south of and rejoined the line to the north of . Troon station consists of two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platfor ...

s with buildings designed by the architect James Miller. The station was refurbished in spring 2004 ready for the 2004 Open Golf Championship at the nearby Royal Troon Golf Club. During the week-long event, including practice days, Troon Station saw an estimated 100,000 extra passengers.

2021 fire

On 17 July 2021, when the station was unstaffed, a fire severely damaged the station building at platform 1, including the ticket office, a hairdresser and a café. Damage to the overhead wires led to suspension of service between Kilwinning and Ayr until 23 July 2021 and suspension of service at Troon until the structures could be rendered safe. The station reopened in late July 2021.

Services

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December 2022

Monday - Saturday: *Four trains per hour to (2 fast, 2 stopping) *Four trains per hour to *Ten trains to Kilmarnock, running a two hourly frequency (with extras), two of these continue to Glasgow Central via ) *Ten trains to , (running a two hourly frequency with extras) with seven continuing to . Sundays: *Two trains per hour to Glasgow *Two trains per hour to Ayr Passengers can change at Ayr for services to Stranraer, or at Glasgow for services to Kilmarnock.

Ferry to Larne

The port of Troon is located approximately from the railway station, a walk of around fifteen minutes. There are footpaths throughout. Until 2016,

P&O Irish Sea P&O Irish Sea was the trading name of P&O Ferries in the Irish Sea from 1998 to 2010, when it was rebranded P&O Ferries. History The P&O Irish Sea brand was formed in 1998 by merging the ferry operations of Pandoro Ltd (who operated freight-or ...

ran a seasonal fast ferry, ''

HSC Express HSC ''Superexpress'' is a wave piercing catamaran built by Incat, owned by Golden Star Ferries and chartered to Viking Line. During her delivery voyage on 9 June 1998, as ''Catalonia'', she set the record for the fastest Atlantic Eastbound Re ...

'', from the port of Troon to . This connected with trains run by Northern Ireland Railways to and .

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External links

Video footage of Troon Station in 2016
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