Whitecraigs railway station

6+3⁄4 miles (10.9 km) southwest of Glasgow Central. The line here forms the boundary which separates Newton Mearns and Giffnock across Ayr Road.

History

The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 May 1903. ^[2] In some timetables the station was known as Whitecraigs for Rouken Glen. ^[2] The station building is listed Category C and is notable for its Arts and Crafts decorative detailing. ^[3]

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, which is staffed part-time (06.55 - 13.55, Mondays to Saturdays only). A ticket machine is also provided and there is a waiting room in the main building. Digital departure screens and a P.A system provide train running information. Step-free access to both platforms is via ramps from the street and station car park, though the footbridge between the platforms has steps. ^[4]

Services

Since electrification in 1962

Since the line was electrified in 1962 the basic service has been a half-hour service throughout the day (Mondays to Saturdays), with additional peak hour trains (Mondays to Fridays). From 2005 a half-hourly Sunday service has also been provided. ^[5]

Class 303 "Blue Train" electric multiple units provided almost all trains services for many years thereafter, being joined by the similar Class 311 from 1967. Services are now mainly operated by the Class 380 EMUs.

Whitecraigs Scottish Gaelic: An Creagan Bàn [1]
General information
Location	Giffnock, East Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°47′25″N4°18′39″W / 55.7903°N 4.3107°W / 55.7903; -4.3107
Grid reference	NS552576
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WCR
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 May 1903	Opened [2]
Passengers
2018/19	0.339 million

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Patterton		ScotRail Cathcart Circle Lines		Williamwood
	Historical railways
Patterton Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Muirend Line and station open

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), page 248
3. "Whitecraigs Railway Station, Ayr Road, Giffnock". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
4. Whitecraig station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
5. Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• 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.