Hillfoot railway station
Hillfoot  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Bun a’ Chnuic | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Bearsden |
| Local authority | East Dunbartonshire |
| Coordinates | 55°55′13″N 4°19′12″W / 55.9203°N 4.3199°WCoordinates: 55°55′13″N 4°19′12″W / 55.9203°N 4.3199°W |
| Grid reference | NS550721 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HLF |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.166 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.200 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.219 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.242 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.280 million |
| 2009/10 |
 0.279 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.288 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.309 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1900 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hillfoot from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Hillfoot railway station is a railway station in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.
It was opened on 1 May 1900[1] after the railway was double tracked.[2]
Passenger services are operated by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
The station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun.
Facilities
The station has a small car park (16 spaces) but no staffed ticket office.[3]
Services
Trains to Glasgow operate on a regular schedule, with a departure once every 15 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes. Two trains per hour go via Glasgow Central on the Argyle Line, while the other two travel via Queen Street on the North Clyde Line. In the evenings and on Sundays, a half-hourly service operates via Glasgow Central.
Trains also go northbound towards Milngavie, Monday to Saturdays daytimes every 15 minutes and half-hourly evenings and Sundays.
The station is currently not staffed and passengers are advised to buy tickets on board the train. The station does have two help point buttons located one each on Platforms 1 and 2. A footbridge connects the two platforms.
References
- ↑ Railscot - Chronology for Milngavie
- ↑ Crawford, Ewan (January 25, 2006). "Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway".
- ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/hlf/details.html
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearsden | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Milngavie | ||
| Bearsden | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Milngavie | ||