Kingsknowe train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Kingsknowe on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Curriehill, with 42 trains a day.
Kingsknowe is the nearest station for postcodes in EH13. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Kingsknowe
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curriehill | 42 | 41 | 12 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Haymarket | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Kirknewton | 42 | 41 | 12 |
| Slateford | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Wester Hailes | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Glasgow Central | 39 | 40 | 12 |
| Livingston South | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Shotts | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| West Calder | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Addiewell | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| Fauldhouse | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| Holytown | 37 | 38 | 12 |
| Bellshill | 36 | 37 | 12 |
| Breich | 36 | 35 | 12 |
| Cleland | 36 | 36 | 12 |
| Carfin | 36 | 36 | 12 |
| Hartwood | 36 | 36 | 12 |
| Uddingston | 36 | 37 | 12 |
| Cambuslang | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Motherwell | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Carluke | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Carstairs | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Wishaw | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Lines serving Kingsknowe
Kingsknowe is on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
How busy Kingsknowe station is
34,444 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,162nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Kingsknowe and Edinburgh than any other pair: 18,446 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 19 stations instead of 24, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 24.
Nearest other stations
- Wester Hailes 0.8 miles
- Slateford 1.0 miles
- Edinburgh Park 1.8 miles
- South Gyle 1.8 miles
- Curriehill 2.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Kingsknowe, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Hailes Halt · 0.4 miles
- Colinton · 0.8 miles
- Saughton · 1.0 miles
- Juniper Green · 1.3 miles
- Balgreen Halt · 1.4 miles
- Gorgie East · 1.5 miles
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Facilities at Kingsknowe station
Kingsknowe is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Kingsknowe station
Kingsknowe station is in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J1 (Hermiston Gait), 2.2 miles west.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Peatville Gardens.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kingsknowe 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