Johnstone railway station is a railway station

Train station

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 serving the town of Johnstone

Johnstone

Johnstone is a town in the council area of Renfrewshire and larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.The town lies three miles west of neighbouring Paisley and twelve miles west of the centre of the city of Glasgow...

, Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east...

, Scotland

Scotland

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. The station is managed by First ScotRail

First ScotRail

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 and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line

Ayrshire Coast Line

The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network in Scotland. It has 26 stations and connects the Ayrshire coast to Glasgow...

 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) south west of Glasgow Central

Glasgow Central

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History

The station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway was a railway in Scotland that provided train services between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ayr. For a short period, it also provided West Coast services between Glasgow and London. Opened in stages between 1839 and 1848, the line ran from Paisley in the...

. The station was renamed Johnstone High on 18 June 1955, however its original name was restored on 10 September 1962. Just to the east of the station there was once a junction connecting to the Bridge of Weir Railway

Bridge of Weir Railway

The Bridge of Weir Railway ran from Elderslie, Scotland, to Bridge of Weir. It was closed in January 1983.- Formation :The line from Elderslie to Bridge of Weir was built originally as the Bridge of Weir Railway, which had opened to passengers in 1864 between Johnstone and Bridge of Weir...

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Facilities

The station has one of ten remaining ticket offices on the Ayrshire Coast Line

Ayrshire Coast Line

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, and a Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress

Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress

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 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.

1980

Monday to Friday there were two trains per hour to Ayr (one being limited stop), some of which were extended to Girvan

Girvan railway station

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 and Stranraer Harbour

Stranraer Harbour railway station

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. There was one train per hour to Largs. Additional trains ran to Ardrossan Winton Pier

Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station

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 to connect with the ferry to Brodick.

2008

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

Ayr railway station

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 and an hourly service to both Ardrossan and Largs

Largs railway station

Largs railway station is a railway station in the town of Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, south west of .- History :...

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