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The station originally opened on 27 July 1840 by the Ardrossan Railway. [1] The station was relocated a short distance west of the original location on 1 July 1858 [1] and relocated again to its present location (between the first two sites) in 1882. [1]
The station opened on 3 September 1888 and was simply known as Saltcoats. [1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy, [1] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Saltcoats North on 2 June 1924. [1]
Although Saltcoats currently only has a single railway station, the town was once served by a second railway station located in the north of the town, originally as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway. This station ceased regular passenger services on 4 July 1932, [9] and there is no trace of the station today bar a nearby bridge.
The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network in Scotland. It has 26 stations and connects the Ayrshire coast to Glasgow. There are three branches, to Largs, Ardrossan Harbour and Ayr, all running into the high level at Glasgow Central. The route is operated by ScotRail.
Station name Postcode External link to map of station at Multimap.com Code External link to livedepartureboards showing current departures and arrivals for this station St Albans Abbey: AL1 3TF: SAA: St Albans City: AL1 2PS: SAC: St Andrews Road: BS11 9HP: SAR: St Annes-on-the-Sea: FY8 2AS: SAS: St Austell: PL25 4LA: SAU: St Bees: CA27 0DN: SBS ...
The 1884 act also changed the company's name to the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway. Its capital was £375,000. A further act, the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. lxxxvii) was obtained in 1885 authorising substantial subscription in the scheme by the Caledonian Railway, which was in any case going to work the line ...
At this time the Ardrossan Railway was operating as a locomotive line; there were four passenger trains each way between Kilwinning and Ardrossan, with stops at Stevenston and Saltcoats stations. [4] Finding that the Ardrossan Railway, deep in G&SWR territory, was now friendless and penniless, the G&SWR made arrangements to purchase it.
Saltcoats is a town in east-central Saskatchewan near the Manitoba border in Canada. The town's population was 474 in 2011. The town's population was 474 in 2011. It was built in the late 19th century, and its economy was driven by the railway .