Kirkhill railway station

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 Abellio ScotRail and is located on the Newton Line.

Kirkhill
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc na Cille[1]
Location
Place	Cambuslang
Local authority	South Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55.8141°N 4.1678°W / 55.8141; -4.1678
Grid reference	NS642600
Operations
Station code	KKH
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	74,922
2015/16	76,068
2016/17	72,854
2017/18	69,104
2018/19	78,116
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway Scottish Region
1 August 1904	Opened[2]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirkhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

Kirkhill railway station in 1979

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.

Services

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

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
Burnside		Abellio ScotRail Cathcart Circle		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

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), page 136
3. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.

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