Carstairs Railway Station

CRSTRS CRS | 9704

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Carstairs station is managed by ScotRail and is located in South Lanarkshire within the Southern Scotland area of Scotland.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 16,346 journeys were made between Carstairs and Edinburgh—that's 58% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Carstairs peaked during 2016-17 with 95,862 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 7% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 22% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Carstairs table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	7,618
1998-99	7,361
1999-00	7,238
2000-01	6,848
2001-02	7,464
2002-03	9,407
2003-04
2004-05	12,329
2005-06	14,589
2006-07	13,766
2007-08	13,261
2008-09	13,860
2009-10	11,098
2010-11	10,680
2011-12	13,546
2012-13	20,610
2013-14	33,398
2014-15	43,388
2015-16	84,796
2016-17	95,862
2017-18	84,166
2018-19	62,376
2019-20	60,948
2020-21	4,138
2021-22	6,986
2022-23	13,506
2023-24	28,352
2024-25

Data Notes

2020-2021: The number of entries and exits at this station increased by less than 10% in 2020-21 as a result of improvements to the methodology for estimating Caledonian Sleeper journeys. However, the figure presented is still likely to be an underestimate of the true usage at this station due to the inclusion of refunded journeys processed early in the year relating to journeys booked in 2019-20.
2016-2017: West Coast Mainline closure at Lamington still affecting services in 2016
2015-2016: Change in usage during WCML repairs
2014-2015: High growth trend
2013-2014: Continues strong growth seen in previous years
2012-2013: Reason for increase unclear - continues large growth from previous year
2011-2012: Cause of large increase not clear
2003-2004: Estimates of station usage for the year April 2003 to March 2004 were not produced.