Nitshill railway station
Nitshill 
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| Location | |
| Place | Nitshill |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°48′43″N 4°21′37″W / 55.8119°N 4.3603°WCoordinates: 55°48′43″N 4°21′37″W / 55.8119°N 4.3603°W |
| Grid reference | NS521601 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NIT |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 86,820 |
| 2012/13 |
95,430 |
| 2013/14 |
 92,842 |
| 2014/15 |
109,204 |
| 2015/16 |
107,930 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway |
| Pre-grouping | G&SWR & CR |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 27 September 1848 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Nitshill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Nitshill railway station is situated in Nitshill, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 5 3⁄4 miles (9.3 km) southwest of Glasgow Central.
The station was opened by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway on 27 September 1848.
The station is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision, so all tickets must be bought prior to travel or on the train. There are no permanent buildings here other than standard waiting shelters on each platform and a pedestrian footbridge. Train running information is offered via digital display screens, timetable posters and automated announcements; a help point is also provided on each side. Step-free access is only possible to platform 1.
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Barrhead. This drops to hourly in the evenings with southbound services extending to Kilmarnock with one extending to Dumfries.
From 21 May 2017 there is an hourly Sunday service to Glasgow Central and to Kilmarnock.
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