RailwayData | East Kilbride Station
 East Kilbride 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, East Kilbride had 573,718 entries and exits, making it the 694th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
694/2575
It ranked 612nd busiest (out of 997), with 477 scheduled services per week.
612/997
That's a daily average of 1571.83 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 23.13 passengers per service, giving it the 392nd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
392/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 176,906
Reduced price entries & exits: 326,698
Season ticket entries & exits: 70,114
Total entries & exits: 573,718
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +127,886 : 28.68%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
144523Bay Platform
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
033Glasgow - East Kilbride, Barrhead & KilmarnockOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +105,487 (+22.53%)

Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station

Location Details

Location: East Kilbride
CRS: EKL / NLC: 9793 / TIPLOC(S): EKILBRD
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 263295 654672
Constituency: East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Local Authority: South Lanarkshire
NR Region: Scotland
PTE: Strathclyde
ELR: EKE 7m 60ch
This station is part of the Strathclyde PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from East Kilbride during 2022/2023:
•Glasgow Central (226,796 journeys)
•Thornliebank (5,468 journeys)
•Crossmyloof (4,886 journeys)
•Giffnock (4,119 journeys)
•Edinburgh (3,699 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are East Kilbride's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
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