Bearsden railway station

Bearsden
National Rail
General information
LocationBearsden, East Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°55′01″N 4°19′57″W / 55.9170°N 4.3324°W / 55.9170; -4.3324
Grid referenceNS543717
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBRN[1]
History
Opened20 April 1863[2]
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.550 million
2020/21Decrease 56,438
2021/22Increase 0.222 million
2022/23Increase 0.307 million
2023/24Increase 0.391 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bearsden railway station serves Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Lines. It is located between Westerton and Hillfoot on the line to Milngavie, and is 7 miles 21 chains (11.7 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.[3]

History

The station looking south towards Westerton in 1961

The station opened along with the line to Milngavie on 20 April 1863.[4][5]

The naming is unusual in that the current title of the town (which was originally New Kilpatrick) was taken from the station name, rather than the town giving its name to the station.[6]

Facilities

The station is well equipped, with a ticket office and ticket machine on platform 1, and shelters, benches and help points on both platforms. There is a pub and a car park and bike racks adjacent to platform 1. All of the station has step-free access, but the footbridge only has steps, so passengers needing access to platform 2 must use the ramp from Drymen Road.[7]

Passenger volume

Passenger volume at Bearsden[8]
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 256,252 324,602 378,360 419,891 446,277 497,514 486,600 495,454 534,454 570,742 537,886 570,722 565,354 555,990 542,322 550,546 549,580 56,438 222,160 307,430

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

A Class 320 at Bearsden

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.[9]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Westerton   ScotRail
Argyle Line
   Hillfoot
Westerton   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
   Hillfoot

References

  1. ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ Quick 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. ^ Ross, David (2014). The North British Railway: A History. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-84033-647-4.
  5. ^ Quick 2022, p. 72.
  6. ^ McCardel, J (1973). New Kilpatrick Parish and its Story. Bell & Bain, Glasgow. p. 25.
  7. ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  9. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206

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