Hairmyres railway station
Hairmyres  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | East Kilbride |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°45′43″N 4°13′14″W / 55.7619°N 4.2205°WCoordinates: 55°45′43″N 4°13′14″W / 55.7619°N 4.2205°W |
| Grid reference | NS608542 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HMY |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
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Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.301 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.334 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.373 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.412 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.479 million |
| 2009/10 |
 0.465 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.492 million |
| History | |
| Opened 1 September 1868 | |
| 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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hairmyres from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Hairmyres railway station is a railway station in the Hairmyres area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Glasgow Central towards East Kilbride.
The line is single here with a passing loop approximately 500m west towards East Kilbride. Although the line was always single between Busby and East Kilbride, sidings existed to serve the former Radio Times factory in the College Milton Industrial Estate adjacent to the station. These were closed and lifted in the late 1960s. The Hairmyres Hospital and Department for International Development's office are located nearby.
Up until the mid-1990s the area around the station was semi rural, but several new housing schemes have been built up in the area over the last decade or so giving far increased patronage to the station.
Facilities
The station is open 24 hours a day (although trains only run through it for around 18 hours a day). The station is unstaffed, but there is a ticket machine in the stations' heated and seated modern waiting shelter. There are 86 parking spaces and 4 cycle lockers also available.[1] The station is served by a small newsagent and cafe, the "Hairmyres Station Kafe".
Services
The station has a daily half hourly service in each direction northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to East Kilbride. The first train going to Glasgow station is at 6:21am on weekdays, with the last train from East Kilbride to Glasgow at 23:59pm. Going from Glasgow to East Kilbride, the first and last trains are at 6:41am and 00:47am respectively.[2]
References
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| East Kilbride | First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Thorntonhall | ||