Renton railway station

Renton
National Rail
Looking south from the station, towards Glasgow
General information
LocationRenton, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°58′13″N 4°35′11″W / 55.9704°N 4.5863°W / 55.9704; -4.5863
Grid referenceNS386782
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeRTN[1]
Key dates
15 July 1850Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 93,262
2020/21Decrease 6,292
2021/22Increase 37,578
2022/23Increase 52,900
2023/24Increase 60,106
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 ScotRail and is served by its trains on the North Clyde Line. It is sited 18 miles 11 chains (29.2 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill, between Alexandria and Dalreoch, on the line to Balloch.[2][page needed]

History

It was opened in July 1850 by the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway on its line from Bowling (on the north bank of the River Clyde) to Balloch Central. Through running to Glasgow did not commence until 1858, when the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway was opened; before this travellers had to transfer to steamships at Bowling to continue their journey southwards. The line through the station used to be double, but was reduced to single track around 1986.[citation needed]

The station buildings have now been taken over by Strathleven Artizans to become 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]

Facilities

The station looking north

The station has only very basic facilities, being a help point, a bench and some bicycle racks. The ticket office is no longer in use so, given there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance or from the ticket examiner on the train. The station has step-free access.[4]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Renton[5]
2002-03 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Entries and exits 57,819 62,187 72,280 70,671 75,362 86,192 103,092 102,238 105,876 104,954 123,204 118,356 117,582 118,166 89,424 102,938 93,262 6,292

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There is a half-hourly daily service to Balloch northbound. Southbound, the service is also half-hourly, but trains run to Airdrie on weekdays and Saturdays and, on Sundays, to Motherwell (via Whifflet) or Larkhall (via Hamilton Central) alternately (i.e., hourly trains from Balloch to Motherwell/Larkhall).[6]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Dalreoch   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
   Alexandria
  Historical railways  
Dalreoch   CR & NBR
Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
   Alexandria

References

  1. ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  3. ^ "Robert the Bruce Heritage Centre". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Renton (RTN)". National Rail Enquiries -. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206
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