Kennishead railway station

Kennishead
National Rail
General information
LocationKennishead, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°48′48″N 4°19′29″W / 55.8134°N 4.3247°W / 55.8134; -4.3247
Grid referenceNS543602
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeKNS
History
Original companyGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Key dates
27 September 1848[1]Opened as Crofthead
1 August 1850[1]Renamed Kennishead (Thornliebank)
1 May 1852[2]Renamed Kinnishead and Speirsbridge
1 January 1855[3]Renamed Kennishead and Speirsbridge
1 May 1859[2]Renamed Kennishead
Passengers
2018/19Increase 91,806
2019/20Increase 94,436
2020/21Decrease 24,510
2021/22Increase 61,740
2022/23Increase 81,370
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Kennishead railway station is a railway station in Kennishead, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 4+14 miles (6.8 km) south of Glasgow Central.

Facilities

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The station is unmanned and has only basic amenities (waiting shelters, bench seating and a customer help point on each platform). Train running information is also offered via digital CIS displays, timetable posters and automated announcements. No level access is available to either platform – both entrances have steep ramps from the street and the footbridge linking them has steps.[4]

Three bike racks can also be located on Platform 2, which are uncovered.

Services

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The station has a half-hourly service in each direction on weekdays (hourly in the evenings which extends to Kilmarnock, one of which Monday to Friday only extends to Dumfries), to Glasgow and Barrhead/Kilmarnock, alternating every 30 minutes. Connections for stations to Kilmarnock and the south are available at Barrhead when not on a through train.[5]

Kilmarnock services run through this station non-stop every hour in each direction during the day, only stopping at Barrhead and Glasgow Central.

As of 19 February 2023, on Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock, calling all stations, with one of these services extending to Carlisle.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Priesthill & Darnley   ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
  Pollokshaws West
  Historical railways  
Nitshill   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
  Pollokshaws West

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 71.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 130.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 135.
  4. ^ Kennishead station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  5. ^ Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2017

Sources

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  • 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.