Clarkston railway station
Clarkston  | |
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Easterly view from footbridge | |
| Location | |
| Place | Clarkston |
| Local authority | East Renfrewshire |
| Coordinates | 55°47′22″N 4°16′32″W / 55.7894°N 4.2755°WCoordinates: 55°47′22″N 4°16′32″W / 55.7894°N 4.2755°W |
| Grid reference | NS574574 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CKS |
| Managed by | Abellio 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* | |
| 2010/11 |
 0.516 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.551 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.559 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.518 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.550 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Busby Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 January 1866 | Opened as Clarkston[1] |
| 5 May 1952 | Renamed as Clarkston and Stamperland[1] |
| 7 May 1973 | Renamed as Clarkston[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 Clarkston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Clarkston railway station is a suburban side platform railway station in the town of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the East Kilbride branch of the Glasgow South Western Line. It was opened in 1866 by the Busby Railway.
History
The station was opened by the Busby Railway on 1 January 1866.[1] Services were subsequently extended through to East Kilbride by the Caledonian Railway two years later and eventually to High Blantyre (on the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway), though the section beyond East Kilbride closed back in the 1940s. A further pair of connections to the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway were subsequently constructed around 1903-4 by the latter company, though only the south to west one saw regular traffic and even then for just a few months.
Proposals put forward by British Rail in the early 1980s would have seen the former south to east curve reinstated to allow East Kilbride trains to be re-routed via Muirend, Cathcart & Mount Florida to Glasgow Central. The scheme would have seen the branch electrified but the Clarkston to Busby Junction portion closed, along with Giffnock & Thornliebank stations. The plans were not well received and were eventually dropped.[2]
Services
The station has a half-hourly service in each direction (including Sundays) to Glasgow Central and East Kilbride.[3]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Busby | Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Giffnock | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Busby Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway Busby Railway |
Giffnock Line and station open | ||
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 62
- ↑ "Trans-Clyde Rail Map 1979"Urban Glasgow - Glasgow from the Past forum; Retrieved 31 August 2016
- ↑ Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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
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