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 Barassie railway station, looking north | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Barassie,South Ayrshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°33′41″N4°39′05″W / 55.5614°N 4.6514°W /55.5614; -4.6514 | ||||
| Grid reference | NS328328 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BSS | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 August 1839 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  15,150 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  79,534 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.112 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.137 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.155 million | ||||
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Barassie railway station is arailway station servingBarassie,South Ayrshire,Scotland. The station is managed byScotRail and is on theAyrshire Coast Line.
The station was originally opened on 5 August 1839 by theGlasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.[2] At one point ahalt existed nearby serving Barassie Workshops, however it was closed by July 1926.[2]
Barassie station originally had four platforms, two of which were on the formerKilmarnock and Troon Railway line fromKilmarnock. These platforms went out of use after the local passenger service over the branch was withdrawn byBritish Rail on 3 March 1969.[3] They are now derelict & fenced off, but the two platforms on the Ayr line are still operational today. Barassie was a staffed station until the line was electrified in 1986, but the main buildings have since been demolished and there are now only waiting shelters in use on each platform.
South of the station, there are a number of active engineers sidings that occupy the alignment of the original 1839 GPK&AR route southwards. As first built, this bypassedTroon to the east by around1⁄2 mile (800 metres), leaving travellers with an inconvenient journey by coach or on foot from the town centre to the initial passenger station. It wasn't until 1892 that this problem was finally remedied by theGlasgow and South Western Railway, who opened a new deviation line and passenger station that was much better sited for the town. This line (known as theTroon Loop) is now the only one in use, as its predecessor closed to through traffic in November 1982 (though most passenger trains had been routed via the Loop line since April 1966) and was subsequently lifted at its southern end during the re-signalling & electrification work. The former K&TR line toTroon (Harbour) has also disappeared, closing to all traffic in 1973.
Passenger services over the Kilmarnock branch were subsequently reinstated in May 1975, when the twice-dailyStranraer Harbour -London Euston boat trains were diverted over the route. However the branch platforms were not reopened (as noted above) as the services concerned ran non-stop between Kilmarnock & Ayr. As a consequence of this, the current (more frequent) Kilmarnock - Ayr -Girvan DMU service cannot call here. The branch has also been singled, with control shared between the West of Scotland Signalling Centre in Glasgow (which supervises the entire Glasgow - Ayr route) and Kilmarnock PSB.
There are now four departures per hour to Glasgow Central & Ayr on weekdays as well as Saturdays. Two of the four Glasgow-bound trains are fast/limited stop fromKilwinning. The evening & Sunday service remains unchanged.[5]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Troon | ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line | Irvine | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Troon (new) | Glasgow and South Western Railway Troon Loop Line | Connection with GPK&AR | ||
| Troon (old) Line and station closed | Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway | Gailes Line open; station closed | ||
| Troon (Harbour) Line and station closed | Glasgow and South Western Railway Kilmarnock and Troon Railway | Drybridge Line open; station closed | ||
