Kingsknowe railway station explained

Kingsknowe
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an Rìgh
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Kingsknowe, Edinburgh
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.919°N -3.2642°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:KGE
Original:Caledonian Railway
Years:15 February 1848
Events:Opened as King's Knowe or Slateford
Years1:January 1853
Events1:Renamed
Years2:1 January 1917
Events2:Closed
Years3:1 February 1919
Events3:Reopened
Years4:6 July 1964
Events4:Closed
Years5:1 February 1971
Events5:Reopened
Footnotes: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 to via Shotts. The station has two platforms, connected by a level crossing, and CCTV. It is managed by ScotRail.

History

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.[1]

Services

It is currently served, Mondays to Saturdays, by one ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. Two trains a day from Edinburgh terminate at (one also starts back from there in the early morning) and there is one through train in each direction between Glasgow and that calls (peak periods only - runs via, with the evening train extended to).

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 .

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Shaw, Donald. The Balerno Branch and the caley in Edinburgh. 1989 . Oakwood Library. 978-0-85361-366-4 . 224 .