Johnstone train station
You can reach 26 stations directly from Johnstone on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 155 trains a day.
Johnstone is the nearest station for postcodes in PA5, PA6. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Johnstone
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Central | 155 | 149 | 1 |
| Kilwinning | 155 | 149 | 91 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 155 | 149 | 91 |
| Dalry | 82 | 77 | 30 |
| Glengarnock | 82 | 77 | 30 |
| Ayr | 78 | 75 | 52 |
| Irvine | 78 | 75 | 52 |
| Prestwick Town | 78 | 75 | 52 |
| Troon | 78 | 75 | 52 |
| Ardrossan South Beach | 76 | 73 | 39 |
| Milliken Park | 76 | 72 | 38 |
| Saltcoats | 76 | 73 | 39 |
| Stevenston | 76 | 73 | 39 |
| Barassie | 75 | 75 | 30 |
| Newton-on-Ayr | 75 | 75 | 30 |
| Prestwick International Airport | 75 | 75 | 52 |
| Howwood | 74 | 71 | 29 |
| Lochwinnoch | 74 | 71 | 29 |
| Fairlie | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| Largs | 37 | 35 | 29 |
| West Kilbride | 36 | 35 | 29 |
| Ardrossan Town | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| Ardrossan Harbour | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| Cardonald | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hillington East | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hillington West | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Johnstone
Johnstone is on the Ayrshire Coast Line and the Ayr Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Johnstone station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Johnstone station on 16 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 4 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and 2 paths on the Sunday. 1 of them runs whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Johnstone station is
1,139,862 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 483rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Johnstone and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 713,110 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Milliken Park 1.4 miles
- Paisley St James 2.7 miles
- Howwood 2.8 miles
- Paisley Canal 3.1 miles
- Paisley Gilmour Street 3.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Johnstone, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Johnstone North · 0.6 miles
- Elderslie · 1.1 miles
- Houston · 1.3 miles
- Ferguslie · 1.5 miles
- Kilbarchan · 1.6 miles
- Stanely · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at Johnstone station
Johnstone is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:50 to 19:30 · Friday: 06:50 to 20:15 · Saturday: 07:20 to 20:30 · Sunday: 09:15 to 18:15
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Johnstone station
- Station Car Park 423 spaces, 13 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 17 August 2026.
Getting to Johnstone station
Johnstone station is in Renfrewshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J29 (St. James Interchange), 2.5 miles north-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Johnstone station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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