Neilston railway station

Neilston
Location
Place	Neilston
Local authority	East Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°46′58″N 4°25′38″W / 55.7827°N 4.4273°W / 55.7827; -4.4273Coordinates: 55°46′58″N 4°25′38″W / 55.7827°N 4.4273°W / 55.7827; -4.4273
Operations
Station code	NEI
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.411 million
2004/05 *	0.437 million
2005/06 *	0.451 million
2006/07 *	0.468 million
2007/08 *	0.453 million
2008/09 *	0.561 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 May 1903	Opened[1]
1 January 1917	Closed
1 February 1919	Re-opened
2 June 1924	Renamed Neilston High
6 May 1974	Renamed Neilston
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* 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. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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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 the village of Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Lines, 18 km (11¾ rail miles) south east of Glasgow Central station.

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 Glasgow Central - Neilston line. The railway was electrified in 1962 and Class 303 "Blue Train" electric multiple units provided almost all trains services for many years thereafter, being joined by the similar Class 311 from 1967. Following withdrawal of the Class 303 and 311, Class 314 have been the mainstay of the service with occasional services operated by Class 318 and Class 334.

The line previously continued southwest to Uplawmoor, but was closed and lifted in December 1964.^[2]

Services

2008

There is a daily half-hourly service from Neilston to Glasgow Central via Queens Park. The typical journey time is 27 minutes.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		First ScotRail Cathcart Circle Lines		Patterton
	Historical railways
Uplawmoor Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway  Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Lyoncross Line open; station never constructed

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Butt (1995), page 167
2. ^ Stansfield (1999), page 41

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.