West Central Scotland Railway Statistics

There are 143 railway stations in West Central Scotland.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Glasgow Central 20,767,954
  2. 2 Glasgow Queen Street 12,283,736
  3. 3 Paisley Gilmour Street 2,600,030
  4. 4 Partick 2,102,728
  5. 5 Charing Cross 1,310,006
  6. 6 Exhibition Centre 1,157,938
  7. 7 Croy 1,060,672
  8. 8 Hyndland 1,023,142
  9. 9 Mount Florida 938,878
  10. 10 Johnstone 821,436

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Ardlui 3,282
  2. 2 Helensburgh Upper 9,320
  3. 3 Garelochhead 10,030
  4. 4 Hartwood 11,802
  5. 5 Arrochar and Tarbet 16,958
  6. 6 Bogston 19,470
  7. 7 Bowling 25,434
  8. 8 Whinhill 27,304
  9. 9 Coatbridge Central 34,102
  10. 10 Woodhall 37,114

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for West Central Scotland peaked during 2018-19 with 112,329,156 estimated passengers.

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