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Thorntonhall railway station is a railway station in the village of Thorntonhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 8+12 miles (13.7 km) south of Glasgow Central.

Thorntonhall
General information
LocationThorntonhall, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.7683°N 4.2506°W / 55.7683; -4.2506
Grid referenceNS588551
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeTHT
History
Original companyBusby Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 September 1868[1]Opened as Eaglesham Road
1 June 1877[1]Renamed Thornton Hall
March 1944[2]Renamed
Passengers
2016/17 16,748
2017/18 21,310
2018/19 22,026
2019/20 24,034
2020/21 3,098
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History


In 1866, the Busby Railway was opened to exploit the Giffnock sandstone quarries and the Busby textile industry. Two years later, in 1868, the railway was extended to East Kilbride via Thorntonhall. The station in Thorntonhall was originally named 'Eaglesham Road'. At the beginning, the station was only open to mineral traffic in 1867, and later extended for passengers to use it in September 1868. Glasgow South Side, at Gushetfaulds, was a 30-minute journey from Thorntonhall.


Services


There is a daily (including Sundays) hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and eastbound to East Kilbride. Some additional trains call at weekday peak periods.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hairmyres   ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
  Busby

References


  1. Butt 1995, p. 87.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 229.
  3. Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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