Kirkhill railway station

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Kirkhill
Kirkhill railway station in 1979
Location
Place Kirkhill
Local authority South Lanarkshire
Operations
Station code KKH
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 87,733
2005/06 * 93,651
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
1 August 1904 Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirkhill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Kirkhill railway station is a railway station serving the Kirkhill area of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Line.

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[edit] History

The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 August 1904.[1] 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.

The station is fully operational today.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Butt, page 136

[edit] References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Burnside   First ScotRail

Cathcart Circle

   Newton
Historical Railways
Muirend
Line and station open		   Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway   Newton
Line and station open


Coordinates: 55.814165° N 4.168075° W

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