Nitshill train station
You can reach 15 stations directly from Nitshill on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Barrhead, with 62 trains a day.
Nitshill is the nearest station for postcodes in G53. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Nitshill
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead | 62 | 62 | 26 |
| Dunlop | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Glasgow Central | 62 | 62 | 26 |
| Kilmaurs | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Kilmarnock | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Kennishead | 62 | 62 | 26 |
| Priesthill & Darnley | 62 | 62 | 26 |
| Pollokshaws West | 61 | 62 | 26 |
| Stewarton | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Annan | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Auchinleck | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Carlisle | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dumfries | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gretna Green | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kirkconnel | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| New Cumnock | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sanquhar | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lines serving Nitshill
Nitshill is on the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Nitshill station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Nitshill station on 8 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 1 path on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Nitshill station is
131,358 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,610th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Nitshill and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 81,442 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
- Priesthill & Darnley 0.7 miles
- Kennishead 1.4 miles
- Barrhead 1.5 miles
- Patterton 1.8 miles
- Thornliebank 1.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Nitshill, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Balgray station (Barrhead south) · 1.6 miles
- Barrhead Central · 1.6 miles
- Barrhead (New) · 1.6 miles
- Spiersbridge · 1.6 miles
- Dykebar · 1.9 miles
- Barrhead South · 2.0 miles
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Facilities at Nitshill station
Nitshill is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Nitshill station
Nitshill station is in Glasgow City, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M77 J2 (Silverburn), 1.0 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Nitshill 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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