Thornliebank railway station

Thornliebank
General information
Location	Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°48′39″N4°18′41″W / 55.8108°N 4.3114°W / 55.8108; -4.3114
Grid reference	NS552599
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	THB
History
Original company	Busby Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 October 1881	Opened [1]
Passengers
2019/20	0.279 million

The station was opened by the Busby Railway on 1 October 1881. ^[1]

There was a ticket office located on the down (Glasgow bound) platform, but was destroyed by vandals in 1983.^{[ citation needed ]}

Services

The station has a half-hourly service in each direction (including Sundays) to Glasgow Central and East Kilbride. ^[2]

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

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 229
2. Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• 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.
• RAILSCOT on Busby Railway