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Hordes of drunk and rowdy teens forced terrified families off a beach after they invaded the sand on the hottest day of the year so far.

Thousands of Glaswegian youths descended on Troon beach in Ayrshire on Friday, stretching emergency services to the limit.

They left a trail of booze-fuelled casualties in their wake.

Fights broke out on the packed sands, Class A drugs were seized, and families were forced to watch on in horror at youngsters fornicating in bushes.

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And under-siege residents even had to call for paramedics after finding stupefied youngsters lying comatose in the town’s streets, reports the Ayrshire Post.

Social media sites were ablaze with the kids’ outrageous antics as police say 5,500 made the train journey to the coast – only to go completely off the rails.

One lady took to Facebook to say: “It is horrific!

“Was down here at 1.30 this afternoon, hordes coming off the train.

“One young boy about 15 passed out on the street with paramedics and police, and that’s just after lunch.

“A few ruin it for the rest.”

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And Isobel Stirling commented: “Found a young girl out-of -it lying at the bottom of the station hill before 11am, she couldn’t have been more than 14.”

Becca Sharp added: “It’s a disgrace, I was down for at most half-an-hour and came back home and sat in the garden.

“If they cannot respect this small town then they shouldn’t be allowed in.”

The Ayrshire Post understands that the majority of party-loving teens made their trip south on Scotrail services from Glasgow.

A train ticket inspector, who did not want to be named, said: “They swarmed on in their thousands, shouting, swearing and intimidating passengers.

“They’ve got no respect for anybody else.

“It’s got to the stage where us working on the railway are coming to our work and praying for rain to put them off.”

Police say they seized a large quantity of inexpensive alcohol including Buckfast and MD 20/20 – known as Mad Dog – from underage drinkers.

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And while they charged 11 people with public drinking offences, many more had booze taken off them, or were hit with fixed penalties.

One 17-year-old Glasgow boy was charged with two assaults, and other fight broke out sporadically on the beach.

Another 17-year-old, from Cambuslang, was charged after he was involved in one of the scraps.

And police say he was also in possession of 1.3grams of cocaine.

Mounted police had been called-in, along with British Transport officers, and additional Glasgow based colleagues.

At least three youths were taken to hospital by ambulance after getting boozed-up.

And more were released into the care of suitable adults.

Troon councillor Peter Convery said: “There was a lot of concern by locals and others who came to visit the beach and enjoy a nice day out.

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“I understand how threatening it would have been.

“An element have spoiled it for everybody.

“I saw one picture in Victoria Street which looked potentially threatening in lots of ways with people effectively blocking the road.

"But I was incredibly proud of the way the police handled it, they acted professionally and dealt with what needed to be dealt with.

“To be honest if that had been in the US you would have had a number of people batoned and tasered.

“At the end of the day thank goodness there wasn’t more serious injuries that could have ended in tragedy.”

Scotrail however, insist that the numbers transported to Troon by rail were much lower than those reported by police.

A spokesman said: “We continue to encourage customers to report any on-train issues that concern them.

“We do not tolerate anti-social behaviour of any kind on the railway.”