Westerton railway station

Westerton

Scottish Gaelic: Am Baile Siar[1]
National Rail
The station platforms seen in 2021
General information
LocationBearsden, East Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°54′17″N 4°20′06″W / 55.9048°N 4.3351°W / 55.9048; -4.3351
Grid referenceNS541704
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWES[2]
History
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 September 1913Opened[3]
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.775 million
 Interchange 26,884
2020/21Decrease 0.103 million
 Interchange Decrease 1,780
2021/22Increase 0.382 million
 Interchange Increase 14,546
2022/23Increase 0.513 million
 Interchange Increase 16,227
2023/24Increase 0.644 million
 Interchange Increase 21,642
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Westerton railway station is a railway station that serves the Westerton district in the town of Bearsden, Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail as part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network. It is located on the Argyle and North Clyde lines, between Drumchapel to the west, Bearsden to the north, and Anniesland and Maryhill to the south-east. It is 6 miles 10 chains (9.9 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.[4]

The station lies very close to the Forth and Clyde Canal and the boundary between East Dunbartonshire and the city of Glasgow.

History

The former footbridge seen in 2010

The station opened on 1 September 1913. The station has a cross platform bridge with lift access which began production in June 2017,[5] and became operational in 2018.[6]

Prior to 19 September 2014, Westerton was also served by the overnight Caledonian Sleeper service between Fort William and London Euston, to allow Glasgow-bound passengers to change onto a connecting service, as the sleeper used a route avoiding the city centre. From 21 September 2014 the sleeper service was re-routed to call instead at Queen Street Low Level and so the stop was removed from the timetable.[7]

Facilities

The station has a ticket office and ticket machine on platform 1, as well as an accessible toilet and waiting room. There is a shelter on platform 2, and benches and help points on both platforms. The car park and bike racks are adjacent to platform 1.[8]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Westerton[9]
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
Entries and exits 461,235 533,662 597,777 615,382 633,364 689,592 658,378 683,484 735,430 775,164 747,582 784,490 794,600 794,094 783,084 790,626 774,774 102,858
Interchanges N/A 21,488 24,657 30,727 29,838 35,630 34,678 38,571 35,525 36,047 31,713 35,482 38,330 31,114 28,890 28,449 26,884 1,780

The statistics cover twelve-month periods that start in April.

Services

A Class 334 at Westerton station

On weekdays and Saturdays, there are two trains per hour to Milngavie, two trains to Balloch and two trains to Dalmuir, the latter two calling at all stations via Singer. Heading south-east, there are two trains per hour to Airdrie, two to Springburn and two to Larkhall, via Hamilton Central. In the weekday evenings, there are an extra two trains per hour between Helensburgh Central and Edinburgh, the Springburn trains instead run to Motherwell via Whifflet, and the Dalmuir and Larkall trains do not run. On Sundays, there are two trains per hour north and west to each of Milngavie and Helensburgh, and there are two trains per hour south-east to each of Edinburgh and Motherwell (via Hamilton Central).[10]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Anniesland   ScotRail
Argyle Line
  Drumchapel
    Bearsden
Anniesland   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Drumchapel
    Bearsden

References

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ^ Butt (1995),page 245
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Westerton station accessibility improvements in site".
  6. ^ "Stories".
  7. ^ GB eNRT December 2014 Edition, Table 227
  8. ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  10. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206

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