Largs train station has come along way over the years, from a visit from the Queen in 1958, to a runaway train crash in 1995, and is now welcoming Wi-Fi enabled trains for passengers to access quicker internet speeds on their phones or tablets.

Some wonderful colour images of the old Largs Railway Station have appeared on Facebook.

The images, which originate from the 1970s, display the old ticket office, the main entrance, in its former grandeur, and it certainly brought the memories flooding back for ‘News’ readers.

Zenga Vertin said: “I remember the photo booth and the hot drinks machine, where you got watery soup and hot chocolate.” Evie Perchard added: “I remember the news stand. We used to get the steam train to Fairlie for 2d return!” (just under a penny nowadays) Marlene McAdam recalled: “We all used to get the hot chocolate , drink, then sit in the waiting room on cold winter nights!” Marjorie Behan added: “Before the train crash you could see wooden dowling hammered into the platform. This was to secure the red carpet for the Queen’s visit in 1958.” Santino Girolami said: “The royal visit you used to see the dents on platform 3 were they rolled out the red carpet, and the walkway.” And from the past to the present, a new train plant decoration has been introduced this year thanks to the Friends of Largs Railway group.

A special train arrangement has been put on the ground next to the platform, and it gained plenty of comment on the Largs and Millport News Facebook site.

Eila Handyside asked: “Will its running be affected by the weather?!” Leeanne Davidson laughed: “It will be better than present service.” Marlyn Green and Harvey Green, who used to own the Greetings shop on Largs seafront, commented: “That is one train that will certainly run to time. Congratuations to Heidi Stone and her friends.” And now into the future, as all the trains from Largs/Wemyss Bay to Glasgow have now been installed with Wi-Fi, and the news received over 100 ‘likes’ when we revealed it on Facebook.

Train operator First ScotRail enabled free wifi earlier this month on the Class 380 trains. The company have also installed free wifi at Wemyss Bay and 20 other stations around Scotland in February.

Steve Montgomery, ScotRail’s managing director, said: “We know that our customers want to stay connected during their journeys, with more than two million wifi users on board our express trains in the last 12 months.

“The launch of wifi on 38 more trains helps meet the increasing demand to catch up with work emails or chat with friends on social media while on board – and supports the recent arrival of wifi on trains and at stations on routes elsewhere in Scotland.

“While this is a big step forward, we remain focused on introducing wifi elsewhere, with more than 50 stations and almost half our trains set to have wifi by next April.” The latest roll-out has been funded by more than £1 million from the Scottish Government.