Hillington East | |
Native Name: | Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Hillington an Ear |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Hillington, Glasgow |
Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.8542°N -4.3551°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | ScotRail |
Platforms: | 2 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Code: | HLE |
Transit Authority: | SPT |
Years: | 19 March 1934 |
Events: | Opened as Hillington |
Years1: | 1 April 1940 |
Events1: | Renamed Hillington East |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Hillington East railway station is located in the Hillington district of Glasgow, Scotland, also serving the eastern portion of the large Hillington industrial estate (which is part of the town of Renfrew) to the north. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line.
The station opened on 19 March 1934 as Hillington.[1] The station was renamed Hillington East on 1 April 1940.[1]
The basic off peak frequency from here (Monday to Sataturday) is half-hourly, eastbound to and westbound to and . A few 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 and Wemyss Bay trains call here, giving a half-hourly frequency to/from Glasgow.