Train services return to Ayr station NEXT WEEK

Direct train services between Ayr and Glasgow will return from next Monday in a long awaited boost for travellers and businesses.

Liam Sumpter, managing director, Network Rail, said: “Our thanks go to South Ayrshire Council for completing the critical safety work at the former Ayr Station Hotel. Our teams are working hard to have the track ready and alongside our colleagues at ScotRail we’re looking forward to welcoming passengers back to the station and on to services next week.

“We know how much people rely on rail services, so we’re pleased that from 17 June, we’ll be able to reintroduce electric services between Ayr and Glasgow and will work with Network Rail to complete all activities required to re-establish services south of Ayr due to the extended period of closure. These safety works have addressed the risk of collapsing chimneys, fire damaged supporting beams and crumbling walls and have led to the removal of the southern section of the building, the tower and the first three bays of the northern section.

The Council continues to pursue hotel owner Sunny Ung - known in official documents as Eng Huat Ung - for a substantial seven figure sum due in respect of the safety work. The businessman failed in a bid to have the demolition work stopped, although a court bid in the Court of Session did see diggers stopped for a week.

Ayr South Ayrshire Council South Ayrshire Scotrail Transport

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