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]
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°55′13″N 4°19′12″W / 55.9203°N 4.3199°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS550721 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | HLF[2] | ||||
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| 1 May 1900 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.332 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.335 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  23,778 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.124 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.183 million | ||||
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History
editIt was opened on 1 May 1900, after the Milngavie branch was double tracked.[4][5]
Facilities
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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
edit| 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 | |
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| 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
editOn 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
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Following station | ||
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| Bearsden | ScotRail Dalmuir - Carstairs |
Milngavie | ||
| Bearsden | ScotRail Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley |
Milngavie | ||
Cultural references
editThe station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun.[9][better source needed]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Smith, W A C; Anderson, Paul (1993). An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways. Caernarfon: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-871608-33-3.
- ^ Quick 2022, p. p=242.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206
- ^ "Hillfoot Station | Trains to Hillfoot | Trainline". www.thetrainline.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
Bibliography
edit- Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Hillfoot railway station from National Rail
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