Kilmarnock Railway Station

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Kilmarnock is the largest town in the county and our second East Ayrshire station of the day. Rudy visited Kilmarnock on the 22nd of May 2025 arriving at 10:51 on a train from Kilmaurs.

Eighteen hundred and twelve. Thats when Kilmarnock station first opened - more than 200 years before Rudy was even born!! The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway was one of the first in Scotland, starting out as horse drawn traction before locomotives were used. This version of the station is a mere youngster dating from the 1870s. On the Glasgow South Western route trains from here currently run through from Glasgow to Dumfries and Carlisle or towards the Ayrshire Coast.

Rudy's Adventures at Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock station walks and places to visit.

Kilmarnock 22nd May 2025

Kay Park (Kilmarnock)

Rudy on our walk at Kilmarnock. May 2025

At Kilmarnock we took a quick walk to Kay Park. The park contains the Kilmarnock Burns Monument which was completed for the opening of the park in 1879. The design ea much grander than the original idea due to surplus public subscriptions and the mon

Kilmarnock Photos

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Kilmarnock railway station (Scottish Gaelic: Stèisean rèile Chille Mheàrnaig) is a railway station in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the Glasgow South Western Line. One of the earliest railway stations in Scotland, the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway opened on 6 July 1812, until it was replaced by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway on 4 April 1843.

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