Bearsden train station
You can reach 56 stations directly from Bearsden on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Anniesland, with 91 trains a day.
Bearsden is the nearest station for postcodes in G61. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Bearsden
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniesland | 91 | 68 | 58 |
| Hillfoot | 91 | 68 | 58 |
| Hyndland | 91 | 68 | 58 |
| Milngavie | 91 | 68 | 58 |
| Partick (Rail) | 91 | 68 | 58 |
| Westerton | 91 | 68 | 58 |
| Bellgrove | 78 | 55 | 0 |
| Charing Cross (Glasgow) | 78 | 55 | 0 |
| Glasgow Queen Street | 78 | 55 | 0 |
| High Street | 78 | 55 | 0 |
| Alexandra Parade | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| Barnhill | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| Duke Street | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| Springburn | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| Airdrie | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Carntyne | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Coatbridge Sunnyside | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Shettleston | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Bathgate | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Drumgelloch | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Argyle Street | 13 | 13 | 34 |
| Anderston | 13 | 13 | 34 |
| Bridgeton | 13 | 13 | 58 |
| Dalmarnock | 13 | 13 | 58 |
| Exhibition Centre | 13 | 13 | 58 |
| Glasgow Central | 13 | 13 | 58 |
| Rutherglen | 13 | 13 | 58 |
| Cambuslang | 12 | 12 | 58 |
| Armadale | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackridge | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Blantyre | 11 | 11 | 57 |
| Caldercruix | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton Central | 11 | 11 | 57 |
| Hamilton West | 11 | 11 | 57 |
| Newton | 11 | 11 | 57 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh Park | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Haymarket | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Livingston North | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Uphall | 10 | 0 | 0 |
and 16 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Bearsden
Bearsden is on the Milngavie Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bearsden station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bearsden 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 Bearsden station is
399,528 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 982nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bearsden and Glasgow Queen Street than any other pair: 117,976 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 20 stations instead of 56, a drop of about 64%. Saturday runs to 40.
Nearest other stations
- Hillfoot 0.6 miles
- Westerton 0.8 miles
- Drumchapel 1.4 miles
- Milngavie 1.8 miles
- Maryhill 1.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bearsden, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Dawsholm · 2.1 miles
- Summerston, Balmore Road, · 2.2 miles
- Kelvinside · 2.4 miles
- Lochburn · 2.6 miles
- Maryhill Central · 2.7 miles
- Scotstoun West · 2.7 miles
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Facilities at Bearsden station
Bearsden is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 07:00 to 13:40 · Sunday: closed
Waiting room
Parking at Bearsden station
- Station Car Park 92 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Bearsden station
Bearsden station is in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J26 (Hillington Interchange), 3.7 miles south.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bearsden 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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