Burnside train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Burnside on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Croftfoot, with 72 trains a day.
Burnside is the nearest station for postcodes in G73. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Burnside
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croftfoot | 72 | 68 | 59 |
| Glasgow Central | 72 | 68 | 59 |
| Kings Park | 72 | 68 | 59 |
| Kirkhill | 72 | 68 | 59 |
| Newton | 72 | 68 | 59 |
| Langside | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Maxwell Park | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Pollokshields West | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Pollokshaws East | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Shawlands | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Crosshill | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Mount Florida | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Pollokshields East | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Queens Park | 35 | 35 | 29 |
Freight through Burnside station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Burnside 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 Burnside station is
225,114 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,320th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Burnside and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 125,086 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
- Croftfoot 1.0 miles
- Rutherglen 1.0 miles
- Cambuslang 1.2 miles
- Kirkhill 1.4 miles
- Kings Park 1.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Burnside, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Tollcross · 2.0 miles
- Parkhead Stadium · 2.2 miles
- Glasgow Green · 2.6 miles
- Gushetfaulds · 2.7 miles
- Parkhead North · 2.7 miles
- Gallowgate Central · 2.8 miles
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Facilities at Burnside station
Burnside is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:40 to 12:44 · Friday: 06:40 to 13:00 · Saturday: 07:40 to 13:44 · Sunday: closed
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Burnside station
Burnside station is in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M74 J2, 0.9 miles north.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Burnside 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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