Hillfoot railway station
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| Location | Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire Scotland |
| 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 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | HLF |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1900 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2016/17 |  0.318 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.318 million |
| 2018/19 |  0.332 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.335 million |
| 2020/21 | 23,778 |
| Notes | |
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 Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.
It was opened on 1 May 1900[2] after the railway was double tracked.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Trains also go northbound towards Milngavie, Monday to Saturdays daytimes every 15 minutes and half-hourly evenings and Sundays. Northbound Argyle line services at this station run from Larkhall.
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.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Bearsden | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Milngavie | ||
| Bearsden | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Milngavie | ||
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Railscot - Chronology for Milngavie
- ^ Crawford, Ewan (25 January 2006). "Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway".
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Hillfoot".
- ^ Table 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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- Railway stations in East Dunbartonshire
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