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West Central Scotland Railway Statistics

"West Central Scotland" is a region of Scotland. There are 143 railway stations in West Central Scotland.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Glasgow Central 24,964,246
  2. 2 Glasgow Queen Street 14,503,312
  3. 3 Paisley Gilmour Street 3,196,172
  4. 4 Partick 2,850,188
  5. 5 Exhibition Centre 1,639,932
  6. 6 Charing Cross 1,505,422
  7. 7 Croy 1,306,282
  8. 8 Hyndland 1,304,214
  9. 9 Argyle Street 1,270,566
  10. 10 Johnstone 1,086,236

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Ardlui 4,118
  2. 2 Helensburgh Upper 11,706
  3. 3 Garelochhead 13,192
  4. 4 Hartwood 14,984
  5. 5 Arrochar & Tarbet 21,686
  6. 6 Bogston 23,616
  7. 7 Bowling 24,670
  8. 8 Whinhill 38,220
  9. 9 Coatbridge Central 41,514
  10. 10 Woodhall 47,208

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 17% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 66% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for West Central Scotland table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9853,822,737
1998-9960,054,707
1999-0062,371,066
2000-0162,048,753
2001-0258,874,222
2002-0356,916,591
2003-04 
2004-0567,096,949
2005-0674,027,020
2006-0777,733,142
2007-0880,322,235
2008-0990,646,552
2009-1092,442,545
2010-1195,990,891
2011-1297,810,944
2012-13100,026,472
2013-1499,015,037
2014-15105,347,664
2015-16105,347,664
2016-17108,152,670
2017-18111,935,128
2018-19112,329,156
2019-20110,247,700
2020-2118,650,780
2021-2254,489,574
2022-2372,935,894
2023-24 
2024-25