Whitecraigs railway station

Whitecraigs National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: An Creagan Bàn[1]
Location
Place Giffnock
Local authority East Renfrewshire
Coordinates 55°47′25″N 4°18′39″W / 55.7903°N 4.3107°W / 55.7903; -4.3107Coordinates: 55°47′25″N 4°18′39″W / 55.7903°N 4.3107°W / 55.7903; -4.3107
Grid reference NS552576
Operations
Station code WCR
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 0.289 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.279 million
2014/15 Increase 0.297 million
2015/16 Increase 0.304 million
2016/17 Increase 0.318 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
Original company Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
1 May 1903 Opened[2]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitecraigs from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Whitecraigs railway station is a railway station serving the Whitecraigs and Davieland areas of the towns of Giffnock and Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle 6 3⁄4 miles (10.9 km) southwest of Glasgow Central. The line here forms the boundary which separates Newton Mearns and Giffnock across Ayr Road.

History

The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 May 1903.[2] In some timetables the station was known as Whitecraigs for Rouken Glen.[2]

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, which is staffed part-time (06.55 - 13.55, Mondays to Saturdays only). A ticket machine is also provided and there is a waiting room in the main building. Digital departure screens and a P.A system provide train running information. Step-free access to both platforms is via ramps from the street and station car park, though the footbridge between the platforms has steps.[3]

Services

Since electrification in 1962

Since the line was electrified in 1962 the basic service has been a half-hour service throughout the day (Mondays to Saturdays), with additional peak hour trains (Mondays to Fridays). From 2005 a half-hourly Sunday service has also been provided.[4]

Class 303 "Blue Train" electric multiple units provided almost all trains services for many years thereafter, being joined by the similar Class 311 from 1967. Services are now mainly operated by the Class 314 EMUs.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Patterton   Abellio ScotRail
Cathcart Circle Lines
   Williamwood
  Historical railways  
Patterton
Line and station open		   Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
   Muirend
Line and station open

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. 1 2 3 Butt (1995), page 248
  3. ↑ Whitecraig station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
  4. ↑ Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • 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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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