Priesthill & Darnley railway station
Railway station in Glasgow, Scotland
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Priesthill & Darnley railway station is a railway station serving the Priesthill and Darnley districts of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.
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 Priesthill & Darnley station in 2025 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Priesthill and Darnley, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55.8120°N 4.3430°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS532601 | ||||
| Manager | ScotRail | ||||
Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | PTL | ||||
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| 23 April 1990 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  36,450 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.100 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.124 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.136 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.167 million | ||||
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History
Opened by British Rail under the ScotRail sector on 23 April 1990.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and previously had no ticketing provisions however, in 2018, ticket machines were installed. There are waiting shelters on each platform and train running information is provided via CIS displays, automated announcement and help points on each side. Level access is only possible to platform 1, as platform 2 access requires the use of a steep ramp.[2]
Services
There is a half-hourly service in each direction (hourly in the evening) to Glasgow and Barrhead. Passengers for stations to Kilmarnock and beyond have to change at Barrhead, as most longer distance trains do not usually call here.[3] However, there is one service to Carlisle which calls here on Sundays only.
From 21 May 2017 there is an hourly Sunday service between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock that calls.[4]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Nitshill | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Kennishead | ||
