Hillington West railway station

Hillington West railway station is located in the Hillington district of Glasgow, Scotland, also serving the western portion of the large Hillington industrial estate (which is part of the town of Renfrew) to the north, and the Penilee neighbourhood (within Glasgow) to the south. The station, is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line.

Hillington West
Scottish Gaelic: Hillington an Iar[1]
Location
PlaceHillington
Local authorityGlasgow
Coordinates55.8559°N 4.3708°W / 55.8559; -4.3708
Grid referenceNS516650
Operations
Station codeHLW
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.429 million
2015/16 0.358 million
2016/17 0.329 million
2017/18 0.324 million
2018/19 0.294 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTESPT
History
1 April 1940Opened as Hillington
3 March 1952Renamed Hillington West
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hillington West from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1940 as Hillington.[2] The station was renamed Hillington West on 3 March 1952.[2]

Services

The basic off peak frequency from here (Mon-Sat) is half-hourly, eastbound to Glasgow Central & westbound to Greenock Central and Gourock. A few Wemyss Bay trains call in the peaks and also in the evenings (once per hour each way after 18:30 to maintain the overall frequency, as the Gourock service drops to hourly). On Sundays the Gourock - Glasgow trains call hourly.[3] The station is served by a manned ticket office, 07:14 to 14:14 Monday to Saturday.[4]

Footnotes
  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt, page 120
  3. Table 219 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  4. "Hillington West | ScotRail". www.scotrail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

References
  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Paisley Gilmour Street   Abellio ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
   Hillington East


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