Thornliebank railway station
Thornliebank  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°48′39″N 4°18′41″W / 55.8108°N 4.3114°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS552599 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | THB | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Busby Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 October 1881 | Opened[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.279 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  50,950 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.144 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.190 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.256 million | ||||
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Thornliebank railway station is a railway station in the village of Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line (East Kilbride branch).
History
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The station was opened by the Busby Railway on 1 October 1881.[1]
There was a ticket office located on the down (Glasgow bound) platform, but was destroyed by vandals in 1983.[citation needed]
Services
[edit]The station has a half-hourly service in each direction (including Sundays) to Glasgow Central and East Kilbride.[2]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giffnock | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Pollokshaws West | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Giffnock Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway Busby Railway |
Pollokshaws Line and station open | ||
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Butt (1995), page 229
- ^ Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Busby Railway