Patterton
General information
Location	Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°47′26″N 4°20′07″W / 55.7906°N 4.3352°W / 55.7906; -4.3352
Grid reference	NS536576
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PTT
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 May 1903	Opened[1]
1 January 1917	Closed
1 February 1919	Re-opened as Patterton for Darnley Rifle Range
Unknown date	Renamed Patterton
Passengers
2018/19	0.521 million
2019/20	0.534 million
2020/21	0.177 million
2021/22	0.307 million
2022/23	0.370 million
Location
Patterton Location within East Renfrewshire
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Patterton railway station is a railway station serving the Patterton, Crookfur and Greenlaw areas of the town of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire and the Deaconsbank and Jennylind areas of the Glasgow City council area, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines, 7+3⁄4 miles (12.5 km) southwest of Glasgow Central.

History

The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 May 1903.^[1] It closed on 1 January 1917 due to wartime economy,^[1] and reopened on 1 February 1919 as Patterton for Darnley Rifle Range (sometimes referred to as simply Patterton for Darnley).^[1] It was renamed back to Patterton by British Rail.^[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and only has shelters on each platform. A ticket machine is available to allow passengers to purchase their ticket before boarding the train. A long-line P.A and digital information displays provide train running information. The station footbridge is not accessible for disabled users, but there is step-free access to each platform via ramps from the nearby road.^[2]

Services

Patterton is an intermediate station on the Glasgow Central — Neilston line. The line was electrified in 1962. Since then the basic service has been a 30-minute service on Mondays to Saturdays, with additional peak hour services on Mondays to Fridays.^[3] In the early part of the 21st century, a 30-minute service was also provided on Sundays.

Class 303 "Blue Train" electric multiple units provided almost all trains services for many years thereafter, being joined by the similar Class 311. Services are now mainly operated by the Class 380 since the withdrawal of the Class 314, with occasional peak services operated by Class 318 and Class 320.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Neilston		ScotRail Cathcart Circle Lines		Whitecraigs
	Historical railways
Lyoncross Line open; station never constructed		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Whitecraigs Line and station open

Fire

On 24 February 2009, during repair works to a nearby bridge, a road laying vehicle caught fire which then spread to a gas mains pipe on the bridge. Soon after, the area was evacuated and all services through Patterton were suspended until the blaze was brought under control. During the suspension of services, passengers alighted at Cathcart railway station to a replacement bus service.^[4]