Prestwick Town railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in South Ayrshire, Scotland}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Prestwick Town

| native_name = {{langx|gd|Baile Phreastabhaig}}{{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index }}

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Prestwick Town Railway Station, with ScotRail 380108 to North Berwick sitting at Platform 1.jpg

| borough = Prestwick, South Ayrshire

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|55.5020|-4.6143|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS349262|25|NS349262}}

| manager = ScotRail

| platforms = 2

| code = PTW

| years = 5 August 1839

| events = Opened as Prestwick

| years1 = September 1994

| events1 = Renamed Prestwick Town

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.384 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 52,984}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.186 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.212 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.373 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Prestwick Town railway station is a railway station serving the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. Originally known only as Prestwick, it was one of the original stations on the Ayr to Irvine portion of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway opened in August 1839.

Prestwick Town is one of the few stations on the Ayrshire Coast Line that remains staffed (the ticket office being staffed part-time, seven days per week - Monday - Saturday 06:35 - 17:50, Sunday 09:10 - 16:50). Facilities include a medium-sized car park and a café is present in the station building itself.{{Cite web |title=National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Prestwick Town |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/PTW/details.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.nationalrail.co.uk}}

The ticket office at Prestwick Town has recently been refurbished, and now includes a height-adjustable ticket desk and automatic doors. Smartcard validators have been installed at the entrances to both platforms. Step-free access is only available on platform 2, as the opposite platform is only reachable via a stepped footbridge or steep ramp from the nearby road.

Services

The station has a basic service to {{rws|Glasgow Central}} and {{rws|Ayr}} of four trains per hour Mon-Sat (with a few weekday peak extras). Of these, two serve all stations to {{rws|Paisley Gilmour Street}} en route, whilst the others run fast north of Kilwinning. Certain {{rws|Kilmarnock}} - Ayr - {{rws|Stranraer}} services also stop here. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service each way to Glasgow and Ayr.{{NRtimes|May 2017|221}}

{{Rail line two to one

|previous1 = {{Stnlnk|Newton-on-Ayr}}

|next = {{Stnlnk|Prestwick International Airport}}

|route1 = ScotRail
Ayrshire Coast Line

|previous2 = {{Stnlnk|Ayr}}

|route2 = ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line

|col = {{ScotRail colour}} |lightcol1={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=Ayrshire Coast Line}} |lightcol2={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=Glasgow South Western Line}}

}}

{{Rail line

|previous = Ayr
Line and station closed

|next = {{Stnlnk|Monkton}}
Line open; station closed

|route = Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

|col = {{G&SW colour}} |lightcol={{G&SW light}}

}}

{{Rail line

|previous = {{Stnlnk|Newton-on-Ayr}}
Line and station open

|next = Connection with GPK&AR
at Falkland Junction

|route = Glasgow and South Western Railway
Ayr and Dalmellington Railway

|col = {{G&SW colour}} |lightcol={{G&SW light}}