Howwood railway station is a

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serving the village of

Howwood Howwood ( sco, The Howewuid, gd, Coille an Dail)
is a ...

, Renfrewshire,

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. The station is managed by

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and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, south west of .

History

The original Howwood station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and was known as Howood.Butt, p. 124 The station had a very short life and closed just over two weeks later on 11 August 1840. A new station called Howwood was opened on 1 December 1876, 200 metres south west of the original, and closed on 7 March 1955. The current station opened on 12 March 2001, on the same site as the 1876 station. It has a 24-hour station car park with 30 spaces.

Services

2016 service pattern

There is a half-hourly service at the station. Trains run from Ayr-Glasgow Central, calling at all stops between Glasgow and Ayr. This drops to hourly in the evening and on Sundays, when trains run to either or .

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Video footage of Howwood Station
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