South Ayrshire Railway Statistics

There are nine railway stations in South Ayrshire.

Busiest Stations

The nine Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Ayr 821,288
  2. 2 Troon 337,142
  3. 3 Prestwick Town 211,992
  4. 4 Barassie 112,118
  5. 5 Girvan 73,744
  6. 6 Newton-On-Ayr 68,036
  7. 7 Prestwick International Airport 56,980
  8. 8 Maybole 46,044
  9. 9 Barrhill 5,024

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for South Ayrshire peaked during 2017-18 with 3,471,974 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 15% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 58% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for South Ayrshire table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-982,185,326
1998-992,293,916
1999-002,345,046
2000-012,213,017
2001-022,113,853
2002-032,178,070
2003-04 
2004-052,398,781
2005-062,588,829
2006-072,686,425
2007-083,116,040
2008-093,373,818
2009-103,199,442
2010-113,254,592
2011-123,195,092
2012-133,288,498
2013-143,376,404
2014-153,405,894
2015-163,405,894
2016-173,453,846
2017-183,471,974
2018-193,049,582
2019-202,975,850
2020-21439,908
2021-221,451,808
2022-231,732,368
2023-24