Whitecraigs railway station

Whitecraigs

Scottish Gaelic: An Creagan Bàn[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationGiffnock, East Renfrewshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°47′25″N 4°18′39″W / 55.7903°N 4.3107°W / 55.7903; -4.3107
Grid referenceNS552576
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWCR
History
Original companyLanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 May 1903Opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.339 million
2019/20Decrease 0.338 million
2020/21Decrease 32,976
2021/22Increase 0.152 million
2022/23Increase 0.215 million
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated13 July 2015
Reference no.LB52351[3]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whitecraigs railway station is a railway station serving the Whitecraigs and Davieland areas of the towns of Giffnock and Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle 6+34 miles (10.9 km) southwest of Glasgow Central. The line here forms the boundary which separates Newton Mearns and Giffnock across Ayr Road.

  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.