Classic route
Stranraer line
Stranraer → Kilmarnock · Scotland
From Stranraer on Loch Ryan over the moors by Barrhill, the only station left between there and Girvan, then along the Firth of Clyde by Ayr and Troon to Kilmarnock; the line through the hills opened in 1877.
- Distance
- 120 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 49 min
- Average speed
- 66 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmStranraer
- 41 kmBarrhill
- 61 kmGirvan
- 80 kmMaybole
- 95 kmAyr
- 100 kmPrestwick Town
- 105 kmTroon
- 120 kmKilmarnock +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20140637: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of ScotRail
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Stranraer line?
The Stranraer line runs 120 km from Stranraer to Kilmarnock.
How long does the Stranraer line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 49 min for the 120 km. That is an average of 66 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Stranraer line?
ScotRail.
How old is the Stranraer line?
The line has been in service since 1877. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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