Clarkston railway station

Clarkston
265px Easterly view from footbridge
Location
Place	Clarkston
Local authority	East Renfrewshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS574574
Operations
Station code	CKS
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections 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
2009/10	0.505 million
2010/11	0.516 million
2011/12	0.551 million
2012/13	0.559 million
2013/14	0.518 million
History
Original company	Busby Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 January 1866	Opened as Clarkston
5 May 1952	Renamed as Clarkston and Stamperland
7 May 1973	Renamed as Clarkston
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Clarkston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Clarkston railway station is a railway station in the small town of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on 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
Busby		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Giffnock
	Historical railways
Busby Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Busby Railway		Giffnock Line and station open

References

Sources

• 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