Renton
Location type
StationName and dates
Renton (1850-)Station code: RTN National Rail ScotRail
Where: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Opened on the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway.
Opened on the Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Railway (Caledonian Railway, Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway and North British Railway Joint).
Description
This is a single platform station, the platform being the former southbound platform. The British Railways built station building still stands, no longer in railway use.
It was a two platform station until the line was singled. The main building, a two storey building, was on the southbound platform. There was a small goods yard to the south of the station, on the east side of the line.
The signal box was replaced in 1918 and closed in 1960 when the box at Alexandria took over.
The line was singled in 1973, the northbound line being lifted.
Tags
StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Alexandria Dalreoch Dumbarton Central Jamestown Balloch Balloch [1st] Dumbarton East Balloch Pier Cardross Langbank Woodhall Upper Port Glasgow Caldarvan Bowling Bowling [CR] | Cordale Works Dalquhurn Printworks Cordale Branch Junction Dillichip Dye Works Black Bridge Polaroid Factory Alexandria Goods Ferryfield Print Works Brick Works Dalmonach Print Works Gas Works (Vale of Leven Gas Co) Tourist/other Tobias Smollett Memorial Cordale House Carman Fort Dalreoch North Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 13/12/1960 | Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Transformer explosion at Renton. |
| 19/06/1999 | Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Renton station booking office closed. |
| /11/1999 | Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Renton station 'destaffed'. |
| 27/03/2010 | Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway King Robert the Bruce Centre opened at Renton station. |
News items
Books
 The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos) |
