Summary
Kennishead railway station is a railway station in Kennishead, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 4+1⁄4 miles (6.8 km) south of Glasgow Central.
Kennishead  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Kennishead, Glasgow Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°48′48″N 4°19′29″W / 55.8134°N 4.3247°W |
| Grid reference | NS543602 |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KNS |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 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 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  91,806 |
| 2019/20 | 94,436 |
| 2020/21 |  24,510 |
| 2021/22 | 61,740 |
| 2022/23 | 81,370 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Facilities edit
The station is unmanned and has only basic amenities (waiting shelters, bench seating and a customer help point on each platform). Train running information is also offered via digital CIS displays, timetable posters and automated announcements. No level access is available to either platform – both entrances have steep ramps from the street and the footbridge linking them has steps.[4]
Three bike racks can also be located on Platform 2, which are uncovered.
Services edit
The station has a half-hourly service in each direction on weekdays (hourly in the evenings which extends to Kilmarnock, one of which Monday to Friday only extends to Dumfries), to Glasgow and Barrhead/Kilmarnock, alternating every 30 minutes. Connections for stations to Kilmarnock and the south are available at Barrhead when not on a through train.[5]
Kilmarnock services run through this station non-stop every hour in each direction during the day, only stopping at Barrhead and Glasgow Central.
As of 19 February 2023, on Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock, calling all stations, with one of these services extending to Carlisle.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Priesthill & Darnley | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Pollokshaws West | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Nitshill | Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
Pollokshaws West | ||
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Sources edit
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.