Postcode · South Ayrshire
Transport in KA8 9LR
Stations, bus stops and tram stops near KA8 9LR, and how the people who live here get to work.
- Neighbourhood
- Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts
- Council
- South Ayrshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 943 (2024)
KA8 9LRSouth Ayrshire
How well connected KA8 9LR is
39 bus stops within a ten-minute walk (800m) and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, measured from KA8 9LR itself. Connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10: good.
Connectivity
5.0/ 10
Good. Based on stops within walking distance rather than service frequency, with rail and metro weighted above buses.
Bus stops
39
Within 800m
Rail
1
Within a mile
Metro & tram
0
Within a mile
The nearest stations
- 010.5 milesNewton-on-Ayr Rail StationRail station
- 021 mileAyr Rail StationRail station
- 031.1 milesAyr Compass PierFerry
- 042.1 milesPrestwick Rail StationRail station
- 052.6 milesPrestwick Intl Airport Rail StationRail station
Nearest bus stop: Walker Road, 120 yards away.
How people get to work
How peopleget to work isn't published in a comparable form for Scotland.
Car ownership
39.4% of households in the KA8 9LR area have no car or van, well above the Scotland average of 26.4%.
KA8 9LRScotland
No car or van39.4%26.4%
139.2%43.1%
216.7%23.6%
3 or more4.7%6.9%
Sources: Department for Transport NaPTAN stop register; Census 2021 (ONS) / Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). Distances are straight-line. Open Government Licence v3.0.