Johnstone railway station
Johnstone 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Baile Iain | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Johnstone |
| Local authority | Renfrewshire |
| Coordinates | 55°50′03″N 4°30′12″W / 55.8343°N 4.5032°WCoordinates: 55°50′03″N 4°30′12″W / 55.8343°N 4.5032°W |
| Grid reference | NS432629 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | JHN |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.262 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.323 million |
| 2013/14 |
 1.232 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.309 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.315 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 21 July 1840 | Opened |
| 18 June 1955 | Renamed Johnstone High |
| 10 September 1962 | Renamed Johnstone |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Johnstone from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Johnstone railway station serves the town of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line 10 3⁄4 miles (17.3 km) south west of Glasgow Central. Johnstone has no ticket gates but ticket checks take place occasionally.
The station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. 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.
In the 1960s it was the location of a car loading facility for vehicles manufactured at the Linwood Car Plant.
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 282 spaces in the car park are allocated to disabled drivers.
Monday to Friday there were two trains per hour to Ayr (one being limited stop), some of which were extended to Girvan and Stranraer Harbour. There was one train per hour to Largs. Additional trains ran to Ardrossan Winton Pier to connect with the ferry to Brodick.
Monday to Saturday daytimes, four trains per hour go eastbound to Glasgow Central. Westbound there are two trains per hour to Irvine, one of which continues to Ayr; there are also hourly services to both Ardrossan and Largs.
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