Giffnock Scottish Gaelic:Giofnag[1]
The station after electrification works (2025)
General information
Location	Giffnock,East Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°48′14″N4°17′35″W / 55.8039°N 4.2930°W /55.8039; -4.2930
Grid reference	NS563591
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GFN
History
Original company	Busby Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 January 1866	Opened[2]
Passengers
2019/20	0.351 million
2020/21	49,824
2021/22	0.178 million
2022/23	0.232 million
2023/24	0.314 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Giffnock railway station is arailway station serving the town ofGiffnock,East Renfrewshire. The station is managed byScotRail and is on theEast Kilbride–Glasgow Central line.

The station was opened by theBusby Railway on 1 January 1866.^[2]

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In March 2023 piling work began for the line to beelectrified. The station had a proposed plan that showed Giffnock would become a station that could be accessible by wheelchair users. The 1860s red footbridge was replaced by a sleek new design with lifts, and new stairs were constructed.

The station is located in the town centre of Giffnock. The station has a large car park servicing it that it shares with Giffnock Library. The station is located on Station Road and has a footbridge crossing the line that also serves as access from Giffnock's eastern areas to the town centre, as it is the only access across the line in this area. The station has 2 platforms. The western platform is for trains to Glasgow Central and the eastern one for trains to East Kilbride. The next station towards Glasgow is Thornliebank and the next station toward East Kilbride is Clarkston.

The station has a half-hourly service in each direction (including Sundays) toGlasgow Central andEast Kilbride.^[3]Express trains also use the line, but they don't stop at Giffnock; the nearest station they stop at isClarkston.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Clarkston		ScotRail East Kilbride–Glasgow Central line		Thornliebank
	Historical railways
Clarkston Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Busby Railway		Thornliebank Line and station open

• Network Rail Scotland (2022, April 12). Giffnock railway station. InWikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08:06, April 7, 2023, from Transport Scotland,https://www.transport.gov.scot/public-transport/rail/building-a-greener-railway/east-kilbride-rail-electrification/

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987].Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps.ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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.

• Media related toGiffnock railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• RAILSCOT on Busby Railway

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