Girvan railway station

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Girvan Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Gharbhain[1]
The exterior of Girvan station
General information
Location	Girvan, South Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°14′47″N 4°50′54″W / 55.2463°N 4.8482°W / 55.2463; -4.8482
Grid reference	NX190983
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GIR
Key dates
5 October 1877	Opened as Girvan New
1 April 1893	Renamed as Girvan
Passengers
2018/19	109,028
2019/20	121,742
2020/21	15,456
2021/22	60,996
2022/23	73,744
Listed Building – Category B
Designated	14 October 2004
Reference no.	LB50007[2]
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Girvan railway station is a railway station serving the town of Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all passenger services from there. It is on the Ayr to Stranraer section of the Glasgow South Western Line and is situated 62 miles (100 kilometres) south of Glasgow Central. It has two platforms and is the location of one of the five passing loops on the single track line between Dalrymple Junction (south of Ayr) and Stranraer. Immediately south of the station, the line climbs steeply towards Pinmore tunnel – the climb is known as the Glendoune Bank and has a ruling gradient of 1 in 54.