Renton railway station
Renton railway station is a railway station serving the village of Renton, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 17½ miles (28 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.
Renton  | |
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| Location | Renton, West Dunbartonshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.9704°N 4.5863°W |
| Grid reference | NS386782 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | RTN |
| Key dates | |
| 15 July 1850 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.118 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.118 million |
| 2017/18 |  89,424 |
| 2018/19 |  0.103 million |
| 2019/20 | 93,262 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
It was opened in July 1850 by the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway on their line from Bowling (on the north bank of the River Clyde) to Balloch Central.[1] Through running to Glasgow didn't commence until 1858, when the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway was opened; prior to this travellers had to transfer to steamships at Bowling to continue their journey southwards. The C&DJR subsequently became part of the North British Railway, but from 1896 was jointly managed by the NBR and Caledonian Railway as the Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Railway. The line through the station used to be double, but was reduced to single track around 1986. As such, only one platform is now in use here.
Services
There is a half-hourly daily service from Renton to Balloch northbound and Glasgow Queen Street (Mondays-Saturdays) or Glasgow Central (Sundays) southbound.
Services continue from Glasgow to Airdrie on Monday to Saturdays and on Sundays to Motherwell via Whifflet and to Larkhall on alternate half-hours.[2]
The station buildings have now been taken over by Strathleven Artizans to become part of one of many taking part in ScotRail's Adopt a Station. The official opening was on 27 March 2010. A heritage centre has been created in a tribute to Robert the Bruce.[3]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalreoch | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Alexandria | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Dalreoch | CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway |
Alexandria | ||
References
- Caledonian & Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Crawford, Ewan Railscot; Retrieved 21 July 2016
- Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- "Robert the Bruce Heritage Centre". Retrieved 4 April 2016.