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Welcome to the official website of the Stranraer to Ayr Line Support Association
(SAYLSA) which was set up in 2007 to promote the rail link to and from the busy ferry port of Stranraer.
The railway runs
through some of the most attractive scenery in Scotland and was built precisely because of the emergence of ferry services
at the shortest crossing point between the British mainland and Ireland. The route was opened in October 1877, providing
a new link between Glasgow and Belfast.
Click this link for a history of the line.
SAYLSA
acts as a community rail partnership, having been formed by people from the local community keen to play a part in promoting
the line, its facilities and its train services to ensure its future when Stena relocate their ferry services to Cairnryan,
by-passing Stranraer and the rail terminus there altogether.
SAYLSA believes there are freight and other opportunities beyond simply serving existing ferry
passengers, especially tourism. Like the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway in northern England, the Stranraer to Ayr line
runs through equally spectacular scenery, some of the most beautiful, yet relatively undiscovered, in Scotland.
The line retains
its semaphore signalling and is one of the last in the UK to continue to operate token block working.
We would encourage
you to travel this amazing railway and enjoy the many local places of interest here.
If you would like to support the work of SAYLSA by becoming a member, you can do so online. Click this link for details.
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