Kingsknowe railway station
Railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Kingsknowe railway station is a railway station serving Kingsknowe in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. The station has two platforms, connected by a level crossing, and CCTV. It is managed by ScotRail.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Kingsknowe, Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55.9190°N 3.2642°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NT210702 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | KGE | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Caledonian Railway | ||||
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| 15 February 1848[2] | Opened as King's Knowe or Slateford | ||||
| January 1853 | Renamed to Kingsknowe | ||||
| 1 January 1917 | Closed | ||||
| 1 February 1919 | Reopened | ||||
| 6 July 1964 | Closed | ||||
| 1 February 1971 | Reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  4,668 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  11,214 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 20,304 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 33,176 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 34,444 | ||||
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History
Kingsknowe station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 15 February 1848. It was closed to passenger services by British Railways on 6 July 1964 and reopened on 1 February 1971.[3]
Services
It is currently served, Mondays to Saturdays, by one ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley.[4] Two trains a day from Edinburgh terminate at Motherwell (one also starts back from there in the early morning) and there is one through train in each direction between Glasgow and North Berwick that calls (peak periods only - runs via Carstairs, with the evening train extended to Ayr).
There is a two-hourly Sunday service at this station to Edinburgh and through to Glasgow since the December 2012 timetable change - prior to this, trains had only run as far as West Calder.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Slateford | ScotRail Shotts Line |
Wester Hailes | ||
| ScotRail North Berwick Line |
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