Nitshill railway station is situated in Nitshill

Nitshill

Nitshill is a district on the south side of Glasgow. It is north of South Nitshill, south of Crookston, and southwest of Silverburn and Pollok. Nitshill was originally a coal mining village...

, a district of Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Scotland

Scotland

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. The station is managed by First ScotRail

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 and is on the Glasgow South Western Line

Glasgow South Western Line

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, 9 km (5¾ miles) south west of .

History

The station was opened by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway on 27 September 1848.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to . This drops to hourly in the evenings.

There is no Sunday service.

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway