Neilston train station
You can reach 10 stations directly from Neilston on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 76 trains a day.
Direct trains from Neilston
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Central | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Muirend | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Patterton | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Whitecraigs | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Williamwood | 76 | 70 | 60 |
| Cathcart | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Crosshill | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Mount Florida | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Pollokshields East | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Queens Park | 74 | 70 | 60 |
Lines serving Neilston
Neilston is on the Neilston (Lanark and Ayrshire) Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Neilston station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Neilston station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Neilston station is
375,994 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,023rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Neilston and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 154,320 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
- Barrhead 1.9 miles
- Nitshill 3.3 miles
- Patterton 3.6 miles
- Priesthill & Darnley 3.8 miles
- Paisley Canal 4.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Neilston, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Neilston Low · 0.5 miles
- Netherton Goods · 1.2 miles
- Barrhead South · 1.3 miles
- Barrhead (New) · 1.7 miles
- Barrhead Central · 1.7 miles
- Balgray station (Barrhead south) · 2.2 miles
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Facilities at Neilston station
Neilston is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:58 to 12:30 · Friday: 06:58 to 19:15 · Saturday: 08:30 to 15:30 · Sunday: 09:10 to 16:50
Toilets
Parking at Neilston station
- Station Car Park 30 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 14 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Neilston station
Neilston station is in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M77 J4 (Crookfur Interchange), 3.1 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Neilston 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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