Kingsknowe railway station

Kingsknowe National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an Rìgh
Location
Place Kingsknowe
Local authority Edinburgh
Coordinates 55°55′08″N 3°15′51″W / 55.9190°N 3.2642°W / 55.9190; -3.2642Coordinates: 55°55′08″N 3°15′51″W / 55.9190°N 3.2642°W / 55.9190; -3.2642
Grid reference NT210702
Operations
Station code KGE
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05 Increase 18,409
2005/06 Increase 18,524
2006/07 Increase 19,942
2007/08 Decrease 19,307
2008/09 Increase 20,316
2009/10 Decrease 19,710
2010/11 Decrease 15,978
History
Original company Caledonian Railway
15 February 1848[1] Opened as King's Knowe or Slateford
January 1853 Renamed
1 January 1917 Closed
1 February 1919 Reopened
6 July 1964 Closed
1 February 1971 Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kingsknowe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Kingsknowe railway station is a railway station serving Kingsknowe in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. The station has two platforms, connected by a level crossing, and CCTV. It is managed by Abellio ScotRail.

The passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter" and also the Class 158. ScotRail class 380 also call at this station. As this station is east of the junction of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs, a variety of CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager", Virgin Trains Class 221 "Super Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and InterCity 225 can also be seen.

History

Kingsknowe station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 15 February 1848. It was closed to passenger services by British Railways on 6 July 1964 and re-opened on 1 February 1971.[2]

Services

It is currently served, Mondays to Saturdays, by one ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley.[3] Two trains a day from Edinburgh terminate at Motherwell (one also starts back from there in the early morning) and there is one through train in each direction between Glasgow and North Berwick that calls (peak periods only - runs via Carstairs, with the evening train extended to Ayr).

There is a two-hourly Sunday service at this station to Edinburgh and through to Glasgow since the December 2012 timetable change - prior to this, trains had only run as far as West Calder.

References

  1. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 134.
  2. ↑ Shaw, Donald (1989). The Balerno Branch and the caley in Edinburgh. Oakwood Library. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-85361-366-4.
  3. ↑ Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Slateford   Abellio ScotRail
Shotts Line
   Wester Hailes
  Abellio ScotRail
North Berwick Line
  
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