Thorntonhall railway station explained

Thorntonhall
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Thorntonhall, South Lanarkshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.7683°N -4.2506°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:1
Code:THT
Original:Busby Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:LMS
Years:1 September 1868
Events:Opened as Eaglesham Road
Years1:1 June 1877
Events1:Renamed Thornton Hall
Years2:March 1944
Events2:Renamed
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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, NaNmiles south of .

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 . Some additional trains call at weekday peak periods.

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