Hillington East railway station

Hillington East
Scottish Gaelic: Hillington an Ear
Looking east towards Cardonald
Location
Place	Hillington
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°51′15″N 4°21′18″W / 55.8542°N 4.3551°W / 55.8542; -4.3551Coordinates: 55°51′15″N 4°21′18″W / 55.8542°N 4.3551°W / 55.8542; -4.3551
Grid reference	NS526648
Operations
Station code	HLE
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2009/10	0.202 million
2010/11	0.215 million
2011/12	0.202 million
2012/13	0.216 million
2013/14	0.209 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
19 March 1934	Opened as Hillington
1 April 1940	Renamed Hillington East
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hillington East from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hillington East railway station is located in the Glasgow district of Hillington, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line.

History

The station opened on 19 March 1934 as Hillington.^[1] The station was renamed Hillington East on 1 April 1940.^[1]

Services

The basic off peak frequency from here (Mon-Sat) is half-hourly, eastbound to Glasgow Central & westbound to Greenock Central & Gourock. A few Wemyss Bay trains call in the peaks and also in the evenings (once per hour each way after 18:30, as the Gourock service drops to hourly). On Sundays both Gourock & Wemyss Bay trains call here, giving a half-hourly frequency to/from Glasgow.^[2]

Footnotes

1 2 Butt, page 120
↑ Table 219 National Rail timetable, May 2016

References

Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

External links

Train times and station information for Hillington East railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hillington West		Abellio ScotRail Inverclyde Line		Cardonald

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