Hillfoot railway station explained

Hillfoot
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bun a' Chnuic[1]
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.9203°N -4.3199°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:HLF[2]
Years:1 May 1900
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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, 7miles from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.[3]

History

It was opened on 1 May 1900, after the Milngavie branch was double tracked.[4]

Facilities

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.[5]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Hillfoot[6] !!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 exits133,270165,924200,259218,733241,921280,494278,596288,000308,696318,386309,334326,896318,676317,532317,556331,928334,83023,778124,040182,970
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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.[7]

Cultural references

The station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun.[8]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brailsford . Martyn . Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man . 6th . December 2017 . 1987 . Trackmaps . Frome . 978-0-9549866-9-8 . Gaelic/English Station Index .
  2. Web site: Railway Codes . railwaycodes.org.uk . 27 September 2022.
  3. Book: TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain . Platform 5 Publishing Ltd . 2017 . 978 1909431 26 3 . Bridge . Mike . 3rd . Sheffield . 137.
  4. Book: Smith . W A C . An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways . Anderson . Paul . Irwell Press . 1993 . 1-871608-33-3 . Caernarfon.
  5. Web site: National Rail Enquiries - . 2022-10-01 . www.nationalrail.co.uk.
  6. Web site: Estimates of station usage ORR Data Portal . 25 December 2023 . dataportal.orr.gov.uk.
  7. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206
  8. Web site: Hillfoot Station Trains to Hillfoot Trainline . 2022-10-01 . www.thetrainline.com.