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Hillfoot railway station

Coordinates: 55°55′13″N 4°19′12″W / 55.9203°N 4.3199°W / 55.9203; -4.3199
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Hillfoot

Scottish Gaelic: Bun a' Chnuic[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationBearsden, East Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°55′13″N 4°19′12″W / 55.9203°N 4.3199°W / 55.9203; -4.3199
Grid referenceNS550721
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHLF[2]
Key dates
1 May 1900Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.332 million
2019/20Increase 0.335 million
2020/21Decrease 23,778
2021/22Increase 0.124 million
2022/23Increase 0.183 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hillfoot railway station is a railway station in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. It is sited between Milngavie and Bearsden, 7 miles 66 chains (12.6 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.[3]

History

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It was opened on 1 May 1900, after the Milngavie branch was double tracked.[4][5]

Facilities

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The station seen in 2016

The station has a small car park but no ticket office or ticket machine. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train. Both platforms have shelters, help points and benches, and there are bike racks adjacent to platform 1. Both platforms have step-free entrances, but the footbridge only has steps.[6]

Passenger volume

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Passenger Volume at Hillfoot[7]
2002–03 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Entries and exits 133,270 165,924 200,259 218,733 241,921 280,494 278,596 288,000 308,696 318,386 309,334 326,896 318,676 317,532 317,556 331,928 334,830 23,778 124,040 182,970

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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On weekdays and Saturdays, trains run every 30 minutes northbound to Milngavie, and southbound to Springburn, via Glasgow Queen Street (low level). In the evenings and on Sundays, trains run southbound to Motherwell, via Hamilton Central, at the same twice-hourly frequency.[8]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bearsden   ScotRail
Dalmuir - Carstairs
  Milngavie
Bearsden   ScotRail
Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley
  Milngavie

Cultural references

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The station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun.[9][better source needed]

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  4. ^ Smith, W A C; Anderson, Paul (1993). An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways. Caernarfon: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-871608-33-3.
  5. ^ Quick 2022, p. p=242.
  6. ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  8. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206
  9. ^ "Hillfoot Station | Trains to Hillfoot | Trainline". www.thetrainline.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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