Southern Scotland Railway Statistics

There are fifty-six railway stations in Southern Scotland.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Ayr 821,288
  2. 2 Cambuslang 629,278
  3. 3 Kilwinning 591,162
  4. 4 East Kilbride 573,718
  5. 5 Uddingston 567,802
  6. 6 Irvine 550,530
  7. 7 Rutherglen 549,318
  8. 8 Hamilton Central 526,570
  9. 9 Hamilton West 507,912
  10. 10 Newton 434,300

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Barrhill 5,024
  2. 2 Reston 13,190
  3. 3 Carstairs 13,506
  4. 4 Kirkconnel 13,954
  5. 5 Ardrossan Town 14,082
  6. 6 Thorntonhall 14,880
  7. 7 Sanquhar 17,302
  8. 8 New Cumnock 17,514
  9. 9 Fairlie 29,974
  10. 10 Gretna Green 37,404

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Southern Scotland peaked during 2017-18 with 19,832,686 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 13% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 63% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Southern Scotland table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-989,442,721
1998-9910,624,415
1999-0010,921,221
2000-0110,663,837
2001-0210,273,180
2002-0310,395,429
2003-04 
2004-0511,936,477
2005-0613,118,519
2006-0713,934,864
2007-0814,692,549
2008-0916,162,318
2009-1015,976,796
2010-1116,838,230
2011-1217,487,838
2012-1318,019,934
2013-1418,022,791
2014-1518,779,546
2015-1618,779,546
2016-1719,750,878
2017-1819,832,686
2018-1919,026,158
2019-2018,584,810
2020-212,499,184
2021-229,093,446
2022-2311,753,198
2023-24