East Kilbride train station
You can reach 8 stations directly from East Kilbride on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Busby, with 76 trains a day.
East Kilbride is the nearest station for postcodes in G74, G75. Check your own postcode.
- 8 direct destinations
- 805th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 287 parking spaces
Direct trains from East Kilbride
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busby | 76 | 68 | 63 |
| Clarkston | 76 | 68 | 63 |
| Glasgow Central | 76 | 68 | 63 |
| Crossmyloof | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Giffnock | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Pollokshaws West | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Thornliebank | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Thorntonhall | 46 | 43 | 32 |
Lines serving East Kilbride
East Kilbride is on the Busby Railway. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through East Kilbride station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside East Kilbride station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy East Kilbride station is
582,794 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 805th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between East Kilbride and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 435,890 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Thorntonhall 2.8 miles
- Kirkhill 3.4 miles
- Busby 3.4 miles
- Burnside 3.6 miles
- Cambuslang 3.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of East Kilbride, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Calderwood Glen Platform · 2.1 miles
- High Blantyre · 3.0 miles
- Burnbank · 4.3 miles
- Meikle Earnock Halt · 4.7 miles
- Peacock Cross · 4.8 miles
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Facilities at East Kilbride station
East Kilbride is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:00 to 19:20 · Friday: 06:00 to 20:00 · Saturday: 07:30 to 20:30 · Sunday: 09:40 to 17:20
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at East Kilbride station
- Station Car Park 287 spaces, 14 accessible
£1.50 a day
Cycle parking: 31 spaces (sheltered, lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to East Kilbride station
East Kilbride station is in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M74 J2, 4.5 miles north.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
East Kilbride station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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