Kirkhill_railway_station
Kirkhill railway station
Railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Kirkhill railway station is a railway station serving the Kirkhill area of the town of Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Lines. This is the least used station on the Newton Branch.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55.8141°N 4.1678°W / 55.8141; -4.1678 | ||||
| Grid reference | NS642600 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | KKH | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 August 1904 | Opened[2] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  78,116 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  71,430 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 5,950 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 38,876 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 58,128 | ||||
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The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 August 1904.[2] Kirkhill station was the final station to be opened on the line before it was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. From 1948 until 1997, services were operated by the nationalised British Railways who electrified the route in 1962.
The station was provided with a Swiss Chalet style building on the tunnel above the east of the station, which was demolished in the late 1990s.
From 1974
Following the electrification of the West Coast Main Line the basic service was:
- Monday to Saturday
- two terminating trains per hour from Glasgow Central via Maxwell Park
- two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton via Queen's Park
- Sundays
- two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton via Queen's Park
- Additional peak hour services were provided to Motherwell via both sides of the Hamilton Circle.
From 1979
Following the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979, services on the Cathcart Circle were reorganised. The basic service was:
- Monday to Saturday
- two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton via Maxwell Park
- two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton via Queen's Park
- Sundays
- two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton via Queen's Park
The removal of terminating services at Kirkhill enabled the turnback siding east of the station to be closed and lifted shortly afterwards.
From 2005
- Monday to Sunday[3]
- one train per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton via Maxwell Park
- one train per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton via Queen's Park
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Burnside | ScotRail Cathcart Circle Lines |
Newton | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Burnside Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway |
Newton Line and station open | ||
| Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway and Glasgow Central Railway |
Carmyle Line partially open; station open | |||
Notes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt (1995), page 136
- Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
