Renton railway station

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Renton
Location	Renton, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
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
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	RTN
Key dates
15 July 1850	Opened
Passengers
2016/17	0.118 million
2017/18	89,424
2018/19	0.103 million
2019/20	93,262
2020/21	6,292
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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[]

External links[]

• Train times and station information for Renton railway station from National Rail

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