Hillfoot railway station

Hillfoot

Location

Place

Bearsden

Local authority

East Dunbartonshire

Operations

Station code

HLF

Managed by

First ScotRail

Number of platforms

Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries

Annual rail passenger usage

2004/05 *

0.166 million

2005/06 *

0.200 million

2006/07 *

0.219 million

2007/08 *

0.242 million

2008/09 *

0.309 million

History

Opened 1900

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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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hillfoot from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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Hillfoot railway station is a railway station in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.

It was opened on 1 May 1900^[1] after the railway was double tracked.^[2]

Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

The station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun.

Services

Trains to Glasgow operate on a regular schedule, with a departure once every 15 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes. Two trains per hour go via Glasgow Central on the Argyle Line, while the other two travel via Queen Street on the North Clyde Line. In the evenings and on Sundays, a half-hourly service operates via Glasgow Central.

Trains also go northbound towards Milngavie, Monday to Saturdays daytimes every 15 minutes and half-hourly evenings and Sundays.

The station is currently not staffed and passengers are advised to buy tickets on board the train. The station does have two help point buttons located one each on Platforms 1 and 2. A footbridge connects the two platforms.

References

^ [1]
^ Crawford, Ewan (January 25, 2006). "Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway". http://www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_and_Milngavie_Junction_Railway/body.htm.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bearsden		First ScotRail Argyle Line		Milngavie
Bearsden		First ScotRail North Clyde Line		Milngavie