Hillfoot railway station
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Hillfoot railway station is a railway station
in Bearsden
, East Dunbartonshire
near Glasgow
, Scotland
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
and lies on the Argyle Line
and North Clyde Line
.
It was opened on 1 May 1900 after the railway was double tracked.
Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail
on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
.
The station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun
.
, 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 platform 1 and 2. As shown in the picture above, it has a bridge over the railway lines, rather than an underpass sometimes used in other railway stations.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in Bearsden
Bearsden
Bearsden ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the City Centre, and is effectively a suburb, with housing development coinciding with the introduction of a railway line in 1863, and from where the town gets its name...
, East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire
This article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...
near Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
and lies on the Argyle Line
Argyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell to West Dunbartonshire via central Glasgow using sub-surface running...
and North Clyde Line
North Clyde Line
The North Clyde Line is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by First ScotRail, on behalf of Transport Scotland...
.
It was opened on 1 May 1900 after the railway was double tracked.
Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is a public body which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating regional transport, and especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland...
.
The station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun
Burnistoun
Burnistoun is a sketch show for BBC Scotland by the Scottish comedians Iain Connell and Robert Florence. The show is produced by The Comedy Unit....
.
Services
Trains to Glasgow operate on a regular schedule, with a departure once every 15 minutes on Mon. to Sat. daytimes. Two trains per hour go via Glasgow Central on the Argyle LineArgyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell to West Dunbartonshire via central Glasgow using sub-surface running...
, while the other two travel via Queen Street
Glasgow Queen Street railway station
Glasgow Queen Street is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland, the smaller of the city's two main line railway termini and the third-busiest station in Scotland. It is between George Street to the south and Cathedral Street Bridge to the north, at the northern end of Queen Street adjacent to...
on the North Clyde Line
North Clyde Line
The North Clyde Line is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by First ScotRail, on behalf of Transport Scotland...
. In the evenings and on Sundays a half-hourly service operates, via Glasgow Central.
Trains also go northbound towards Milngavie
Milngavie railway station
Milngavie railway station serves the town of Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow in Scotland. The station is 14 km north west of Glasgow Central on the Argyle Line and north west of Glasgow Queen Street on the North Clyde Line....
, 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 platform 1 and 2. As shown in the picture above, it has a bridge over the railway lines, rather than an underpass sometimes used in other railway stations.