Station code HLF 2011/12 0.309 million Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference NS550721 2012/13 0.318 million | |
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Similar Westerton railway station, Milngavie railway station, Anniesland railway station, Hyndland railway station, Shettleston railway station | ||
Hillfoot railway station milngavie branch scotland
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.
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It was opened on 1 May 1900 after the railway was double tracked.
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.
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 to Motherwell via Glasgow Central on the Argyle Line, while the other two travel via Queen Street on the North Clyde Line and run to Edinburgh Waverley. 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.