Thorntonhall railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Thorntonhall

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Thorntonhall railway station. Old ticket office and waiting room, etc from the overbridge.jpg

| borough = Thorntonhall, South Lanarkshire

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|55.7683|-4.2506|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS588551|25|NS588551}}

| manager = ScotRail

| platforms = 1

| code = THT

| original = Busby Railway

| pregroup = Caledonian Railway

| postgroup = LMS

| years = 1 September 1868{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=87}}

| events = Opened as Eaglesham Road

| years1 = 1 June 1877{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=87}}

| events1 = Renamed Thornton Hall

| years2 = March 1944{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=229}}

| events2 = Renamed

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 24,034}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 3,098}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 11,130}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 14,880}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 19,642}}

| 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, {{convert|8+1/2|mi|km}} south of {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Central}}.

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 {{Stnlnk|East Kilbride}}. Some additional trains call at weekday peak periods.{{NRtimes|May 2016|222}}

{{rail line|previous={{Stnlnk|Hairmyres}}|next={{Stnlnk|Busby}}|route=ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line |col={{ScotRail colour}} |lightcol={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=Glasgow South Western Line}} }}

References

Sources

{{Butt-Stations}}

External links

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KbvIgmIALU Video footage and history of the station]

Category:Railway stations in South Lanarkshire

Category:SPT railway stations

Category:Railway stations served by ScotRail

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868

Category:Former Caledonian Railway stations

Category:1868 establishments in Scotland