Whitecraigs train station
You can reach 10 stations directly from Whitecraigs on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 76 trains a day.
- 10 direct destinations
- 1,123rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 172 parking spaces
Direct trains from Whitecraigs
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Central | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Muirend | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Neilston | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Patterton | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Williamwood | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Cathcart | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Crosshill | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Mount Florida | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Pollokshields East | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Queens Park | 74 | 70 | 60 |
Lines serving Whitecraigs
Whitecraigs is on the Neilston (Lanark and Ayrshire) Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Whitecraigs station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Whitecraigs 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 Whitecraigs station is
321,218 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,123rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Whitecraigs and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 245,748 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
- Williamwood 0.8 miles
- Patterton 1.0 miles
- Giffnock 1.2 miles
- Clarkston 1.3 miles
- Thornliebank 1.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Whitecraigs, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Spiersbridge · 0.9 miles
- Balgray station (Barrhead south) · 2.4 miles
- Netherton Goods · 3.4 miles
- Barrhead (New) · 3.4 miles
- Barrhead Central · 3.4 miles
- Bellahouston Park Halt · 3.5 miles
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Facilities at Whitecraigs station
Whitecraigs is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:00 to 13:40 · Saturday: 06:55 to 13:59 · Sunday: closed
Waiting room
Parking at Whitecraigs station
- Station Car Park 172 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 26 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Whitecraigs station
Whitecraigs station is in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M77 J3 (Darnley), 1.2 miles north-west.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Whitecraigs 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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