Kennishead railway station is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

Kennishead Kennishead ( sco, Kennisheid, gd, Ceann Ceanais)
is a ...

, a district of

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

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. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the

Glasgow South Western Line The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride. History The line was built by several railway compan ...

, south of Glasgow Central.

Facilities

The station is unmanned and has only basic amenities (waiting shelters, bench seating and a customer help point on each platform). Train running information is also offered via digital CIS displays, timetable posters and automated announcements. No level access is available to either platform – both entrances have steep ramps from the street and the footbridge linking them has steps.

Services

The station has a half-hourly service in each direction on weekdays (hourly in the evenings which extends to Kilmarnock, one of which Monday to Friday only extends to Dumfries), to

and . Connections for stations to and the south are available at Barrhead when not on a through train. Kilmarnock services run through this station non-stop every hour in each direction during the day, only stopping at Barrhead and Glasgow Central. From 21 May 2017 the station has an hourly Sunday service in each direction to Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock. There is also one train to Carlisle on Sundays.

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* * Railway stations in Glasgow Former Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail {{Glasgow-railstation-stub