Johnstone railway station

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Johnstone
Location
Place	Johnstone
Local authority	Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°50′04″N 4°30′12″W / 55.8343, -4.5032Coordinates: 55°50′04″N 4°30′12″W / 55.8343, -4.5032
Grid reference	NS432629
Operations
Station code	JHN
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	0.845 million
2004/05 *	0.945 million
2005/06 *	1.053 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
21 July 1840	Opened
18 June 1955	Renamed Johnstone High
10 September 1962	Renamed Johnstone
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Johnstone from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Johnstone railway station is a railway station serving the town of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line 17 kilometres (11 mi) south west of Glasgow Central.

Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Services 3.1 2008 service pattern 4 Gallery 5 References 5.1 Notes 5.2 Sources

[edit] History

The station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.^[1] The station was renamed Johnstone High on 18 June 1955,^[1] however its original name was restored on 10 September 1962.^[1] Just to the east of the station there was once a junction connecting to the Bridge of Weir Railway.

[edit] 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 247 spaces in the car park are allocated to disabled drivers.^[2]

[edit] Services

[edit] 2008 service pattern

Monday to Saturday daytimes, four trains per hour go eastbound to Glasgow Central. Westbound there is a half-hourly service to Ayr and an hourly service to both Ardrossan and Largs.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Milliken Park		First 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
		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

[edit] Gallery

Side of the main station building on Platform 1, showing the Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress self-service ticket machine

General view of Platform 2. The ramped side entrance is behind the shelter

EMU no. 334034 at Platform 2 with the 2045 Glasgow Central-Largs service

EMU no. 334002 arrives at Platform 1 with the 2028 Ardrossan Harbour-Glasgow Central service

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt, page 129
2. ^ First Scotrail: Station Facilities - J.

[edit] 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

• Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.