Kirknewton railway station

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Kirknewton
Location
Place	Kirknewton
Local authority	West Lothian
Operations
Station code	KKN
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	35,067
2004/05 **	49,612
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirknewton (source)   * 2002/03 Disclaimer  ** 2004/05 Disclaimer
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Kirknewton railway station is a railway station serving Kirknewton in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by First ScotRail.

It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one First ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. One train a day from Edinburgh terminates at Motherwell. There is a limited sunday service at this station to Edinburgh and West Calder.

The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter". As this station is at the junction of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs a colourful variety of Virgin Trains Class 220 "Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and GNER InterCity 225 can also be seen.

The line is heavily used by freight, mainly coal from Hunterston in Ayrshire, to Longannet power station in Fife.

The station has a notoriously dangerous level crossing at the western end of the platform.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Kirknewton railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Kirknewton railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Curriehill		First ScotRail Shotts Line		Livingston South
Carstairs		First ScotRail Glasgow to Edinburgh via Carstairs Line		Curriehill