Kennishead  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Kennishead,Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°48′48″N4°19′29″W / 55.8134°N 4.3247°W /55.8134; -4.3247 | ||||
| Grid reference | NS543602 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | KNS | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 27 September 1848[1] | Opened asCrofthead | ||||
| 1 August 1850[1] | RenamedKennishead (Thornliebank) | ||||
| 1 May 1852[2] | RenamedKinnishead and Speirsbridge | ||||
| 1 January 1855[3] | RenamedKennishead and Speirsbridge | ||||
| 1 May 1859[2] | RenamedKennishead | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  94,436 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  24,510 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 61,740 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 81,370 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 92,134 | ||||
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Kennishead railway station is arailway station inKennishead, a district ofGlasgow,Scotland. The station is managed byScotRail and is on theGlasgow South Western Line,4+1⁄4 miles (6.8 km) south of Glasgow Central.
The station is unstaffed and has only basic amenities (waiting shelters, bench seating and a customer help point on each platform). Train running information is also offered via digital CIS displays, timetable posters and automated announcements. No level access is available to either platform – both entrances have steep ramps from the street and the footbridge linking them has steps.[4]
Three bike racks can also be located on Platform 2, which are uncovered.
The station has a half-hourly service in each direction on weekdays (hourly in the evenings which extends to Kilmarnock, one of which Monday to Friday only extends to Dumfries), toGlasgow andBarrhead/Kilmarnock, alternating every 30 minutes. Connections for stations toKilmarnock and the south are available at Barrhead when not on a through train.[5]
Kilmarnock services run through this station non-stop every hour in each direction during the day, only stopping at Barrhead and Glasgow Central.
As of 19 February 2023, on Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock, calling all stations, with one of these services extending toCarlisle.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Priesthill & Darnley | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line | Pollokshaws West | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Nitshill | Caledonian andGlasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway | Pollokshaws West | ||
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