Neilston railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Neilston | ||
| Local authority | East Renfrewshire | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | NEI | ||
| Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2002/03 * | 0.411 million | ||
| 2004/05 * | 0.437 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.451 million | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | SPT | ||
| History | |||
| 1 May 1903 | Opened | ||
| 1 January 1917 | Closed | ||
| 1 February 1919 | Re-opened | ||
| 2 June 1924 | Renamed Neilston High | ||
| 6 May 1974 | Renamed Neilston | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Neilston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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- For the station on the former Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway see Neilston Low railway station.
Neilston railway station is a railway station in Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Lines 18 km (11¾ miles) south east of Glasgow Central station.
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[edit] History
The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 May 1903.[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy,[1] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Neilston High on 2 June 1924.[1] It was renamed back to Neilston on 6 May 1974 by British Rail.[1]
The station is fully operational today as a terminal station on the Cathcart Circles Lines. The line that continued southwest to Uplawmoor was closed and lifted in December 1964.[2]
[edit] Services
There is a daily half-hourly service from Neilston to Glasgow Central via Queens Park. The typical journey time is 27 minutes.
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine. ISBN 1-84033-077-5.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Neilston railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | First ScotRail |
Patterton | ||
| Historical Railways | ||||
| Uplawmoor Line and station closed |
Caledonian Railway |
Lyoncross Line open; station never constructed |
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