Johnstone railway station

Johnstone

Scottish Gaelic: *Baile Iain*^[1]
Johnstone; Scottish Gaelic: Baile Iain
General information
Location	Johnstone, Renfrewshire ; Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′03″N4°30′12″W / 55.8343°N 4.5032°W Coordinates: 55°50′03″N4°30′12″W / 55.8343°N 4.5032°W
Grid reference	NS432629
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	JHN
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
21 July 1840	Opened
18 June 1955	Renamed Johnstone High
10 September 1962	Renamed Johnstone
Passengers
2017/18	1.306 million

Last updated April 12, 2023

103⁄4 miles (17.3 km) south west of Glasgow Central. Johnstone has no ticket gates but ticket checks take place occasionally.

History

The station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.^[2] The station was renamed Johnstone High on 18 June 1955,^[2] however its original name was restored on 10 September 1962.^[2] Just to the east of the station there was a junction connecting to the Bridge of Weir Railway.

In the 1960s it was the location of a car loading facility for vehicles manufactured at the Linwood Car Plant.

Facilities

The station has one of ten remaining ticket offices on the Ayrshire Coast Line, and a Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress self-service ticket machine was installed on Platform 1 in 2007. Both platforms are accessible to wheelchair users, and seven of the 282 spaces in the car park are allocated to disabled drivers.^[3]^[4]

Services

1980

Monday to Friday there were two trains per hour to Ayr (one being limited stop), some of which were extended to Girvan and Stranraer Harbour. There was one train per hour to Largs. Additional trains ran to Ardrossan Winton Pier to connect with the ferry to Brodick.

2013

Monday to Saturday daytimes, four trains per hour go eastbound to Glasgow Central. Westbound there are two trains per hour to Irvine, one of which continues to Ayr; there are also hourly services to both Ardrossan and Largs.

2016

The Glasgow service remains unchanged from 2013, but there are now 2tph through to Ayr in addition to the hourly trains to Ardrossan Harbour & Largs. On Sundays, there are 2tph to Ayr and hourly trains to Largs, with 3tph to Glasgow.^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Milliken Park or Kilwinning		ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line	Paisley Gilmour Street
	Historical railways
Connection with GPK&AR		Glasgow and South Western Railway Bridge of Weir Railway	Houston Line and station closed
Connection with GPK&AR		Glasgow and South Western Railway Dalry and North Johnstone Line	Johnstone North Line and station closed
Milliken Park Line and station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway	Elderslie Line open; station closed

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References

Notes

↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
1 2 3 Butt, page 129
↑ "ScotRail: Station Facilities - J". Archived from the original on 18 February 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
↑ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Johnstone (Strathclyde)". Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
↑ Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

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[FOOTNOTEBrailsford2017Gaelic/English_Station_Index-1] Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.

[butt129-2] 1 2 3 Butt, page 129

[3] "ScotRail: Station Facilities - J". Archived from the original on 18 February 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2007.

[4] "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Johnstone (Strathclyde)". Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[5] Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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Johnstone Scottish Gaelic: Baile Iain^[1]

General information
Location	Johnstone, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′03″N4°30′12″W / 55.8343°N 4.5032°W / 55.8343; -4.5032 Coordinates: 55°50′03″N4°30′12″W / 55.8343°N 4.5032°W / 55.8343; -4.5032
Grid reference	NS432629
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	JHN
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
21 July 1840	Opened
18 June 1955	Renamed Johnstone High
10 September 1962	Renamed Johnstone
Passengers
2017/18	1.306 million