Alexandria train station
You can reach 36 stations directly from Alexandria on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Balloch, with 67 trains a day.
Direct trains from Alexandria
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balloch | 67 | 67 | 62 |
| Bowling | 64 | 65 | 62 |
| Dumbarton Central | 67 | 67 | 62 |
| Dumbarton East | 67 | 67 | 62 |
| Dalreoch | 67 | 67 | 62 |
| Dalmuir | 67 | 67 | 62 |
| Kilpatrick | 65 | 65 | 62 |
| Renton | 67 | 67 | 62 |
| Bridgeton | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Clydebank | 8 | 8 | 58 |
| Dalmarnock | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Exhibition Centre | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Glasgow Central | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Garscadden | 8 | 8 | 58 |
| Hyndland | 63 | 63 | 58 |
| Jordanhill | 8 | 8 | 58 |
| Partick (Rail) | 63 | 63 | 58 |
| Rutherglen | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Scotstounhill | 8 | 8 | 58 |
| Yoker | 8 | 8 | 58 |
| Argyle Street | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Anderston | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Bargeddie | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Baillieston | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Carmyle | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Kirkwood | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Motherwell | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Mount Vernon | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Whifflet | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Blantyre | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Cambuslang | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Chatelherault | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Hamilton Central | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Hamilton West | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Larkhall | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Merryton | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Newton | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Lines serving Alexandria
Alexandria is on the Balloch Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Alexandria station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Alexandria station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Alexandria station is
185,556 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,439th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Alexandria and Glasgow Queen Street than any other pair: 51,374 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Renton 1.1 miles
- Balloch 1.2 miles
- Dalreoch 2.6 miles
- Dumbarton Central 2.7 miles
- Dumbarton East 3.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Alexandria, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Jamestown · 0.9 miles
- Balloch Pier · 1.6 miles
- Caldarvan · 3.5 miles
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Facilities at Alexandria station
Alexandria is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:45 to 08:45 · Saturday: 09:15 to 14:45 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Alexandria station
- Station Car Park 11 spaces, 2 accessible
free - Station Car Park 56 spaces, 2 accessible
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Alexandria station
Alexandria station is in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J31 (West Ferry Interchange), 4.3 miles south.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Alexandria station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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