New Cumnock railway station

New Cumnock Scottish Gaelic: Cumnag Nuadh
New Cumnock railway station, looking towards Auchinleck and Kilmarnock
General information
Location	New Cumnock, East Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.4022°N 4.1832°W / 55.4022; -4.1832
Grid reference	NS618142
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NCK
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Key dates
20 May 1850	Opened
6 December 1965	Closed
27 May 1991	Reopened by British Rail
Passengers
2018/19	28,280
2019/20	25,566
2020/21	1,574
2021/22	14,974
2022/23	17,514
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

New Cumnock railway station is a railway station serving the town of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 45.5 miles (73.2 km) south west of Glasgow Central.

History

At one time all goods trains had to stop here for inspection before proceeding. On the bleak section beyond the station the London, Midland and Scottish Railway constructed water troughs to permit longer non-stop passenger express runs to be included in the schedules of the Scottish Division. The station closed in 1965 but was reopened by British Rail in 1991.

Services

As of 2023, there are eight trains per day to Glasgow Central and seven trains per day to Carlisle on Mondays to Fridays, on a mostly two-hourly frequency; however it is an uneven frequency meaning there is gaps of up to three hours at certain times of the day. Three trains per day only go as far as Dumfries. Saturday services remain mostly the same except there are only two trains that terminate at Dumfries. On Sundays a limited service of just two trains per day each way operate.

Before the May 2022 timetable change, one of the Carlisle trains extended through to Newcastle.This service was withdrawn at the aforementioned timetable change.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirkconnel		ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Auchinleck
	Historical railways
Kirkconnel Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway		Cumnock Line open; station closed

2007 views

• 
  A Glasgow train departing towards Kirkconnel
• 
  New Cumnock signal box and the coal transhipment siding on the right
• 
  Both platforms in view and looking towards Kirkconnel
• 
  A view of the station from the overbridge, looking towards Auchinleck

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

• Video and commentary on New Cumnock Railway Station