Kirknewton railway station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Kirknewton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Curriehill, with 43 trains a day.
Kirknewton is the nearest station for postcodes in EH27, EH53. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Kirknewton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curriehill | 43 | 43 | 12 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 43 | 43 | 12 |
| Haymarket | 43 | 43 | 12 |
| Kingsknowe | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Slateford | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Wester Hailes | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Glasgow Central | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| Livingston South | 39 | 40 | 12 |
| Shotts | 39 | 39 | 12 |
| West Calder | 39 | 40 | 12 |
| Addiewell | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Fauldhouse | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Holytown | 38 | 39 | 12 |
| Bellshill | 37 | 38 | 12 |
| Cleland | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| Carfin | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| Hartwood | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| Uddingston | 37 | 38 | 12 |
| Breich | 36 | 35 | 12 |
| Cambuslang | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Motherwell | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Carluke | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Carstairs | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Wishaw | 4 | 3 | 0 |
How busy Kirknewton is
71,168 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,911th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Kirknewton and Edinburgh than any other pair: 40,790 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
- Livingston South 2.9 miles
- Uphall 3.4 miles
- Livingston North 4.4 miles
- Curriehill 4.5 miles
- Edinburgh Park 5.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Kirknewton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ravelrig Junction Platform · 2.5 miles
- Drumshoreland · 2.5 miles
- Ratho · 3.6 miles
- Newpark · 3.7 miles
- Balerno · 3.8 miles
- Dechmont · 4.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.