Troon Harbour
Location type
StationNames and dates
Troon [1st] (1818-1847)Troon Harbour (1847-1850)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Station code: TRX National RailOpened on the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.
Description
This was the passenger terminus of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. The station was located near the harbour.
The line was re-gauged to standard gauge in 1847 to connect with the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. The station remained open after the opening of that line because there was a steamer service from the harbour to England. Southbound trains on the main line divided at Barassie with one portion running to the harbour and the other continuing south on the main line.
The steamer was withdrawn with the opening of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway and the station likely closed at the same time. After closure the harbour continued to be served by mineral and goods trains until the 1960s.
Nothing remains, however the harbour is still in use. The former Portland Arms Hotel survives as the Harbour Bar.
A P&O operated Troon to Larne ferry service was operated, but ceased in 2016.
Tags
Station terminus
Chronology Dates
| / / | Kilmarnock and Troon Railway Arnott Young open a shipbreaking yard in Troon Harbour, which also scraps locomotives. |
| / /1812 | Kilmarnock and Troon Railway Opened from Kilmarnock [1st] to Troon Harbour by the 4th Duke of Portland. |
| / /1892 | Troon Loop (Glasgow and South Western Railway) New loop, closer to the beach and Troon Harbour opened, and a new Troon station. |
| / /1896 | Caledonian Railway Access to Troon Harbour negotiated with the Duke of Portland. |
| 02/08/1901 | Glasgow and South Western Railway Buys Troon Harbour from the Duke of Portland. |
| / /1904 | Glasgow and South Western Railway
Caledonian Railway Caledonian Railway access to Troon Harbour confirmed. Glasgow and South Western Railway to be Pilotage Authority. |
| / /2001 | P&O Irish Sea The Ardrossan Harbour to Larne Harbour service is relocated to Troon Harbour to Larne Harbour. |
| / /2010 | P&O Irish Sea
P&O Ferries P&O Irish Sea, operator of the Cairnryan - Larne Harbour and Troon Harbour - Larne Harbour services amongst others, is merged back into P&O and becomes P&O Ferries. |
| /09/2015 | P&O Ferries Final season of the Troon Harbour to Larne Harbour service. In 2016 it is announced that the service was not profitable and would not re-start. |
