Giffnock railway station

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Giffnock

Scottish Gaelic: Giofnag[1]
National Rail
Giffnock-Railway-Station.jpg
LocationGiffnock, East Renfrewshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°48′14″N 4°17′35″W / 55.8039°N 4.2930°W / 55.8039; -4.2930Coordinates: 55°48′14″N 4°17′35″W / 55.8039°N 4.2930°W / 55.8039; -4.2930
Grid referenceNS563591
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGFN
History
Original companyBusby Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 January 1866Opened[2]
Passengers
2016/17Increase 0.359 million
2017/18Increase 0.361 million
2018/19Decrease 0.359 million
2019/20Decrease 0.351 million
2020/21Decrease 49,824
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Giffnock railway station is a railway station in the town of Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the East Kilbride branch of the Glasgow South Western Line.

History[]

The station was opened by the Busby Railway on 1 January 1866.[2]

Location[]

The station is located in the town centre of Giffnock. The station has a large car park servicing it that it shares with Giffnock Library. The station is located on Station Road and has a footbridge crossing the line that also serves as access from Giffnock's eastern areas to the town centre, as it is the only access across the line in this area. The station has 2 platforms. The western platform is for trains to Glasgow Central and the eastern one for trains to East Kilbride. The next station towards Glasgow is Thornliebank and the next station toward East Kilbride is Clarkston.

Services[]

The station has a half-hourly service in each direction (including Sundays) to Glasgow Central and East Kilbride.[3] Express trains also use the line, but they don't stop at Giffnock. The nearest station they stop at is Clarkston

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Clarkston   Abellio ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
   Thornliebank
  Historical railways  
Clarkston
Line and station open 		  Caledonian Railway
Busby Railway
   Thornliebank
Line and station open

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 102.
  3. ^ Table 222 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. (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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