Barrhead railway station

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Barrhead

Location

Place

Barrhead

Local authority

East Renfrewshire

Operations

Station code

BRR

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2002/03 *

0.414 million

2004/05 *

0.473 million

2005/06 *

0.511 million

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

SPT

National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Barrhead from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

Barrhead railway station is a railway station in the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line 12 km (7½ miles) south west of Glasgow Central.

The station has three platforms - one north facing bay specifically for terminating services from Glasgow and two through platforms, 1 and 2, which can be used for any service. A ticket machine serves platforms 2 and 3 while an office is located on platform 1.

[edit] Services

The station is generally served by a half hourly service to and from Glasgow Central which stops at all intermediate stations. This is supplemented by a train heading to either Kilmarnock, Carlisle or Stranraer roughly every hour. On the continuing southbound services, the station is the first stop after leaving Glasgow, and the penultimate stop on Glasgow bound services.

Preceding station		Following station
Dunlop	First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line	Nitshill
Historical Railways
Neilston Low Line open; station closed	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway	Nitshill