Giffnock railway station
Giffnock  | |
|---|---|
| Scottish Gaelic: Giofnag | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Giffnock |
| Local authority | East Renfrewshire |
| Coordinates | 55°48′14″N 4°17′35″W / 55.8039°N 4.2930°WCoordinates: 55°48′14″N 4°17′35″W / 55.8039°N 4.2930°W |
| Grid reference | NS563591 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GFN |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.224 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.245 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.266 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.273 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.316 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.320 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.331 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.349 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Busby Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 January 1866 | Opened[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Giffnock from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Giffnock railway station is a railway station in the town of Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by 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.[1]
Services
The station has a half hourly service in each direction (including Sundays) to Glasgow Central and East Kilbride.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkston | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Thornliebank | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Clarkston Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway Busby Railway |
Thornliebank Line and station open | ||
References
Notes
Sources
- 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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Busby Railway