Giffnock railway station

Giffnock
Scottish Gaelic: Giofnag
Location
Place	Giffnock
Local authority	East Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55.804°N 4.294°W / 55.804; -4.294
Operations
Station code	GFN
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.224 million
2005/06 *	0.245 million
2006/07 *	0.266 million
2007/08 *	0.273 million
2008/09 *	0.355 million
History
Original company	Busby Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 January 1866	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Giffnock from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Giffnock railway station is a railway station in the town of Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First 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		First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Thornliebank
	Historical railways
Clarkston Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Busby Railway		Thornliebank Line and station open

References

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