Kirkhill railway station
Kirkhill 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Mhoire | |
Kirkhill railway station in 1979
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| Location | |
| Place | Cambuslang |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°48′51″N 4°10′04″W / 55.8141°N 4.1678°WCoordinates: 55°48′51″N 4°10′04″W / 55.8141°N 4.1678°W |
| Grid reference | NS642600 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KKH |
| 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 |
 91,830 |
| 2012/13 |
88,316 |
| 2013/14 |
76,282 |
| 2014/15 |
74,922 |
| 2015/16 |
 76,068 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | |
| 1 August 1904 | 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 Kirkhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Kirkhill railway station is a railway station serving the Kirkhill area of the town of Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is located on the Newton Line.
The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 August 1904. Kirkhill station was the final station to be opened on the line before it was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. From 1948 until 1997, services were operated by the nationalised British Railways who electrified the route in 1962.
The station was provided with a Swiss Chalet style building on the tunnel above the east of the station, which was demolished in the late 1990s.
Following the electrification of the West Coast Main Line the basic service was:
Following the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979, services on the Cathcart Circle were reorganised. The basic service was:
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