Priesthill & Darnley railway station

Priesthill & Darnley railway station is a railway station serving the Priesthill and Darnley districts of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

Priesthill & Darnley
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an t-Sagairt & Darnley [sic][1]
Priesthill & Darnley station in 2013
Location
Place	Priesthill and Darnley
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55.8120°N 4.3430°W / 55.8120; -4.3430
Grid reference	NS532601
Operations
Station code	PTL
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	0.134 million
2015/16	0.138 million
2016/17	0.145 million
2017/18	0.161 million
2018/19	0.165 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
23 April 1990	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Priesthill & Darnley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

Opened by British Rail under the ScotRail sector on 23 April 1990.

Facilities

The station is unmanned and previously had no ticketing provisions however, in 2018, ticket machines were installed. There are waiting shelters on each platform and train running information is provided via CIS displays, automated announcement and help points on each side. Level access is only possible to platform 1, as platform 2 access requires the use of a steep ramp.[2]

Services

There is a half-hourly service in each direction (hourly in the evening) to Glasgow and Barrhead. Passengers for stations to Kilmarnock and beyond have to change at Barrhead, as longer distance trains do not usually call here.[3]

From 21 May 2017 there is an hourly Sunday service between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock that calls.[4]

References

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Priesthill & Darnley station facilities National Rail Enquiries
3. Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2017
4. "Train Times" (PDF). Retrieved 16 May 2017.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Nitshill		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Kennishead