Giffnock railway station

Giffnock
Scottish Gaelic: Giofnag
Location
Place	Giffnock
Local authority	East Renfrewshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS563591
Operations
Station code	GFN
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
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
2012/13	0.355 million
2013/14	0.315 million
History
Original company	Busby Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 January 1866	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Giffnock from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Giffnock railway station is a railway station in the town of Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio 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.

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		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Thornliebank
	Historical railways
Clarkston Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Busby Railway		Thornliebank Line and station open

References

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Busby Railway