Renton railway station

Renton National Rail
Location
Place Renton
Local authority West Dunbartonshire
Coordinates 55°58′13″N 4°35′11″W / 55.9704°N 4.5863°W / 55.9704; -4.5863Coordinates: 55°58′13″N 4°35′11″W / 55.9704°N 4.5863°W / 55.9704; -4.5863
Grid reference NS386782
Operations
Station code RTN
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2009/10 Increase 103,092
2010/11 Decrease 102,238
2011/12 Increase 105,876
2012/13 Decrease 104,954
2013/14 Increase 123,204
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Renton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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.

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 Saturday daytimes and Cumbernauld on evenings and Sundays to Motherwell via Whifflet and to Larkhall on alternate half-hours.[1]

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.[2]


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

  1. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 226 (Network Rail)
  2. "Robert the Bruce Heritage Centre". Retrieved 4 April 2016.

External links


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