Road and rail closures around the derelict Station Hotel in Ayr are set to continue until January. The station has been out of use since a fire in September gutted the building, leaving it unsafe.

Kilwinning overtook Ayr as Ayrshire’s busiest station last year following the Ayr Station Hotel fire. Passenger numbers at Ayr fell by more than 135,000 in 2023-24 as the town went without train ...