Neilston railway station
Neilston 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nèill | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Neilston |
| Local authority | East Renfrewshire |
| Coordinates | 55°46′58″N 4°25′37″W / 55.7829°N 4.4269°WCoordinates: 55°46′58″N 4°25′37″W / 55.7829°N 4.4269°W |
| Grid reference | NS479570 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NEI |
| 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 |
 0.451 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.440 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.417 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.419 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.408 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 May 1903 | Opened |
| 1 January 1917 | Closed |
| 1 February 1919 | Re-opened |
| 2 June 1924 | Renamed Neilston High |
| 6 May 1974 | Renamed Neilston |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Neilston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Neilston railway station is a railway station in the village of Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Lines, 11¾ miles (18 km) south west of Glasgow Central station.
The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 May 1903. It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy, and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Neilston High on 2 June 1924. It was renamed back to Neilston on 6 May 1974 by British Rail.
The station is fully operational today as the terminal station on the Glasgow Central - Neilston line. The railway was electrified in May 1962 (using overhead wires supplying 25kV A.C) and Class 303 "Blue Train" electric multiple units provided almost all trains services for many years thereafter, being joined by the similar Class 311 from 1967. Following withdrawal of the Class 303 and 311, Class 314 have been the mainstay of the service with occasional services operated by Class 318 and Class 334.
The line previously continued southwest to Uplawmoor, but this section closed to passengers in April 1962 and to all traffic in December 1964.British Rail also put forward plans to close the station here in the early 1980s and cut the branch back to Whitecraigs, but the proposals were never implemented.
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