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Hillfoot railway station

Coordinates: 55°55′13″N 4°19′12″W / 55.9203°N 4.3199°W / 55.9203; -4.3199
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Hillfoot
General information
Other namesScottish Gaelic: Bun a' Chnuic[1]
LocationEast Dunbartonshire
Coordinates55°55′13″N 4°19′12″W / 55.9203°N 4.3199°W / 55.9203; -4.3199
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHLF
Key dates
1 May 1900Opened

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 National Rail Following station
Bearsden   Abellio ScotRail
Argyle Line
  Milngavie
Bearsden   Abellio ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Milngavie

References

  1. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ Railscot - Chronology for Milngavie
  3. ^ Crawford, Ewan (25 January 2006). "Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway".
  4. ^ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/hlf/details.html
  5. ^ Table 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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