Kennishead railway station

Kennishead
Location
Place Kennishead
Local authority Glasgow
Operations
Station code KNS
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *   19,168
2004/05 * 20,917
2005/06 * 30,858
2006/07 * 37,747
2007/08 * 35,826
2008/09 * 45,478
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
Original company Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
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
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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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kennishead from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Kennishead railway station is a railway station in Kennishead, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

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Services

The station has a half-hourly service in each direction on weekdays (hourly in the evenings), to Glasgow and Barrhead. Connections for stations to Kilmarnock and the south are available at Barrhead.

There is no Sunday service.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Priesthill & Darnley   First ScotRail

 Glasgow South Western Line 
Mondays-Saturdays only

  Pollokshaws West
Historical railways
Nitshill   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways

 Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

  Pollokshaws West

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 71.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 130.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 135.

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