Kirkhill
Location type
StationName and dates
Kirkhill (1904-)Station code: KKH National Rail ScotRail
Where: South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Opened on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
Open on the Newton Line.
Description
This station is west of Kirkhill Tunnel. It is a two platform station. It had platform waiting rooms (which still stood after electrification) and a street level ticket office, which survived the platform buildings but was demolished in the 1990s (?). The platforms are much lower than the surrounding land.
The station's goods yard Kirkhill Goods was to the east beyond the short tunnel under Greenlees Road. The sidings were approached from the east and on the north side of the line. The station's signal box was located here on the north side of the line in the 'V' of the junction between the main line ans sidings. A signal bridge stood to the east beyond which was Kirkhill Tunnel and, going further east, Kirkhill Junction where the routes to Newton and Carmyle divided.
The station signal box closed in 1961 when it was replaced by Cathcart Power Box.
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Cambuslang Burnside Newton Carmyle Newton [1st] Tollcross Rutherglen [2nd] Rutherglen [1st] Rutherglen Rutherglen [3rd] Rutherglen [4th] Mount Vernon Croftfoot Calderwood Glen Platform Mount Vernon North | Kirkhill Goods Pit Kirkhill Tunnel Kirkhill Colliery Kirkhill Junction Cambuslang Dyeworks Gateside Junction Rosebank Bridge Cambuslang Goods Coal Pit Newton PW Depot Gateside Colliery Coats Park Colliery Clyde Iron Works Slag Plant Tourist/other Busheyhill Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/08/1904 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Mount Florida and Cathcart to Newton and Kirkhill Junction to Westburn Junction opened for passengers. Burnside and Kirkhill stations opened. |
| 17/06/1957 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Kirkhill (Kirkhill Junction) to Carmyle (Westburn Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 29/05/1962 | Glasgow South Bank Electrification Cathcart Circle, Cathcart to Neilston and Cathcart to Motherwell via Kirkhill electrified. |
News items
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
