Thornliebank train station
You can reach 8 stations directly from Thornliebank on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Busby, with 74 trains a day.
Thornliebank is the nearest station for postcodes in G46. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Thornliebank
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busby | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Clarkston | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Crossmyloof | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| East Kilbride | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Giffnock | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Glasgow Central | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Pollokshaws West | 74 | 68 | 63 |
| Thorntonhall | 45 | 43 | 32 |
Lines serving Thornliebank
Thornliebank is on the Busby Railway. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Thornliebank station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Thornliebank 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 Thornliebank station is
196,424 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,405th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Thornliebank and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 133,638 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
- Kennishead 0.5 miles
- Giffnock 0.9 miles
- Pollokshaws West 1.0 miles
- Priesthill & Darnley 1.2 miles
- Pollokshaws East 1.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Thornliebank, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Spiersbridge · 0.8 miles
- Bellahouston Park Halt · 2.0 miles
- Ibrox closed 1967 · 2.7 miles
- Balgray station (Barrhead south) · 2.8 miles
- Kinning Park subway · 2.9 miles
- Pollokshields · 2.9 miles
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Facilities at Thornliebank station
Thornliebank is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Thornliebank station
Thornliebank station is in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M77 J3 (Darnley), 0.9 miles west.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Thornliebank 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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