Nitshill railway station

Nitshill railway station is situated in Nitshill, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 5 ³⁄₄ miles (9.3 km) southwest of Glasgow Central.

Nitshill
Location
Place	Nitshill
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55.8119°N 4.3603°W / 55.8119; -4.3603
Grid reference	NS521601
Operations
Station code	NIT
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.109 million
2015/16	0.108 million
2016/17	0.112 million
2017/18	0.126 million
2018/19	0.142 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
Pre-grouping	G&SWR & CR
Post-grouping	LMS
27 September 1848	Opened[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Nitshill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway on 27 September 1848.[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision, so all tickets must be bought prior to travel or on the train. There are no permanent buildings here other than standard waiting shelters on each platform and a pedestrian footbridge.[2] Train running information is offered via digital display screens, timetable posters and automated announcements; a help point is also provided on each side. Step-free access is only possible to platform 1.[3]

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Barrhead. This drops to hourly in the evenings with southbound services extending to Kilmarnock with one extending to Dumfries.[4]

From 21 May 2017 there is an hourly Sunday service to Glasgow Central and to Kilmarnock.[5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barrhead		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Priesthill & Darnley
	Historical railways
Barrhead		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Kennishead

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 1848
2. Nitshill Railway station (2013) 'Laird, G Geograph.org.uk, Retrieved 25 May 2017
3. Nitshill station facilities National Rail Enquiries
4. Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2017
5. "Train Times" (PDF). Retrieved 16 May 2017.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• 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.
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

External links

• Video and commentary on Nitshill railway station and John Meikle VC