Clarkston railway station

Clarkston
Easterly view from footbridge
Location
Place	Clarkston
Local authority	East Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°47′20″N 4°16′34″W / 55.789°N 4.276°W / 55.789; -4.276Coordinates: 55°47′20″N 4°16′34″W / 55.789°N 4.276°W / 55.789; -4.276
Operations
Station code	CKS
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.383 million
2005/06 *	0.401 million
2006/07 *	0.431 million
2007/08 *	0.443 million
2008/09 *	0.571 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]
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Clarkston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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General westerly view, with East Kilbride-bound train arriving

Clarkston railway station is a railway station in the small town of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on 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
Busby		First 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. ^ ^{a b c d} Butt (1995), page 62

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

External links

• Historical timetables, maps and satellite imagery for Clarkston railway station. See Timetable World - The online collection of historical transport timetables and maps from around the world