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Kingsknowe railway station

Coordinates: 55°55′08″N 3°15′51″W / 55.9190°N 3.2642°W / 55.9190; -3.2642
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Kingsknowe

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an Rìgh[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationKingsknowe, Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates55°55′08″N 3°15′51″W / 55.9190°N 3.2642°W / 55.9190; -3.2642
Grid referenceNT210702
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeKGE
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Key dates
15 February 1848[2]Opened as King's Knowe or Slateford
January 1853Renamed to Kingsknowe
1 January 1917Closed
1 February 1919Reopened
6 July 1964Closed
1 February 1971Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 17,196
2019/20Decrease 16,942
2020/21Decrease 4,668
2021/22Increase 11,214
2022/23Increase 20,304
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 ScotRail.

History

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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 reopened on 1 February 1971.[3]

Services

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It is currently served, Mondays to Saturdays, by one ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley.[4] 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.

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

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 134.
  3. ^ Shaw, Donald (1989). The Balerno Branch and the caley in Edinburgh. Oakwood Library. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-85361-366-4.
  4. ^ Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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