Bearsden railway station

Bearsden
General information
Location	Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9170°N 4.3324°W / 55.9170; -4.3324
Grid reference	NS543717
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BRN[1]
History
Opened	20 April 1863[2]
Passengers
2019/20	0.550 million
2020/21	56,438
2021/22	0.222 million
2022/23	0.307 million
2023/24	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			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

Bibliography

• Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bearsden railway station from National Rail