Barrhill Railway Station

Barrhill railway station is a railway station serving Barrhill, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line. A passing loop is located here on what is otherwise a single track route. HistoryThe station was opened by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway on 5 October 1877. The station was briefly closed between 7 February 1882 and 16 February 1882, and between 12 April 1886 and 14 June 1886. The station features in the novel Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers, first published in 1931. ServicesThe station has an irregular service between Glasgow / and - some of the trains used to run in connection with the ferry service between Stranraer Harbour and Belfast, but no longer do so since the sailings were transferred to Cairnryan in late 2011. Until December 2009 there was one through train each day to and . These trains were withdrawn at the 2009 timetable change. Sundays see three trains per day in each direction, to Glasgow via Kilwinning and to Stranraer. From the December 2015 timetable change, the service frequency was increased from six trains per day to nine on weekdays and to five each way on Sundays. However all northbound services now run to Kilmarnock - direct services to Glasgow via Paisley have been withdrawn. Two services continue to Glasgow via Kilmarnock & Dunlop on weekdays, but all Sunday trains now terminate at Ayr .

Barrhill railway station is a railway station serving Barrhill, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line. A passing loop is located here on what is otherwise a single track route. HistoryThe station was opened by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway on 5 October 1877. The station was briefly closed between 7 February 1882 and 16 February 1882, and between 12 April 1886 and 14 June 1886. The station features in the novel Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers, first published in 1931. ServicesThe station has an irregular service between Glasgow / and - some of the trains used to run in connection with the ferry service between Stranraer Harbour and Belfast, but no longer do so since the sailings were transferred to Cairnryan in late 2011. Until December 2009 there was one through train each day to and . These trains were withdrawn at the 2009 timetable change. Sundays see three trains per day in each direction, to Glasgow via Kilwinning and to Stranraer. From the December 2015 timetable change, the service frequency was increased from six trains per day to nine on weekdays and to five each way on Sundays. However all northbound services now run to Kilmarnock - direct services to Glasgow via Paisley have been withdrawn. Two services continue to Glasgow via Kilmarnock & Dunlop on weekdays, but all Sunday trains now terminate at Ayr .