Cardonald train station
You can reach 34 stations directly from Cardonald on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 78 trains a day.
Direct trains from Cardonald
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Central | 78 | 76 | 0 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 78 | 76 | 0 |
| Hillington East | 77 | 76 | 0 |
| Hillington West | 77 | 76 | 0 |
| Bishopton | 76 | 75 | 0 |
| Port Glasgow | 76 | 75 | 0 |
| Langbank | 74 | 73 | 0 |
| Paisley St James | 74 | 72 | 0 |
| Woodhall | 74 | 73 | 0 |
| Branchton | 51 | 52 | 0 |
| Drumfrochar | 51 | 52 | 0 |
| Inverkip | 51 | 52 | 0 |
| Wemyss Bay | 51 | 52 | 0 |
| Whinhill | 51 | 52 | 0 |
| Bogston | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Cartsdyke | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Fort Matilda | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Greenock Central | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Greenock West | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Gourock | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Irvine | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnstone | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kilwinning | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Prestwick Town | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Troon | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Barassie | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dalry | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Glengarnock | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Howwood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lochwinnoch | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Milliken Park | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Newton-on-Ayr | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Prestwick International Airport | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Cardonald
Cardonald is on the Ayr Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Cardonald station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Cardonald station on 16 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 4 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and 2 paths on the Sunday. 1 of them runs whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Cardonald station is
222,856 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,329th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cardonald and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 112,444 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
There is no Sunday service from Cardonald. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Hillington East 0.6 miles
- Mosspark 0.9 miles
- Corkerhill 1.1 miles
- Crookston 1.2 miles
- Hillington West 1.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cardonald, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ibrox closed 1967 · 1.1 miles
- Govan · 1.3 miles
- Whiteinch Riverside · 1.3 miles
- Govan subway · 1.3 miles
- Ibrox subway · 1.4 miles
- Bellahouston Park Halt · 1.5 miles
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Facilities at Cardonald station
Cardonald is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 07:10 to 10:00 · Friday: 07:10 to 10:30 · Saturday: 10:45 to 13:00 · Sunday: closed
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Cardonald station
Cardonald station is in Glasgow City, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J25 (Cardonald), 0.2 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cardonald 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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