Glasgow Central railway station

Glasgow Central is a major interchange: 206 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Paisley Gilmour Street, with 294 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Glasgow Central

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Paisley Gilmour Street	294	286	164
Motherwell	238	232	195
Cambuslang	217	216	150
Newton	210	238	148
Argyle Street	208	204	68
Anderston	208	205	68
Rutherglen	208	204	121
Exhibition Centre	206	205	121
Hyndland	206	205	120
Partick (Rail)	206	205	120
Bridgeton	204	201	121
Dalmarnock	203	201	121
Dalmuir	189	189	59
Crosshill	183	208	89
Mount Florida	183	208	89
Pollokshields East	183	208	89
Queens Park	183	208	89
Kilwinning	156	149	91
Johnstone	155	149	91
Cathcart	148	140	60
Bishopton	139	137	73
Port Glasgow	139	137	73
Blantyre	138	137	89
Hamilton Central	138	137	89
Hamilton West	138	137	89
Crossmyloof	135	130	63
Pollokshaws West	135	130	89
Bellshill	129	129	72
Garscadden	126	125	61
Clydebank	123	123	59
Jordanhill	123	123	61
Scotstounhill	123	123	61
Yoker	123	123	59
Uddingston	115	113	72
Langside	111	103	30
Maxwell Park	111	103	30
Pollokshields West	111	103	30
Pollokshaws East	111	103	30
Shawlands	111	103	30
Whifflet	97	96	30

and 166 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Glasgow Central is

25,293,930 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 17th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 3,879,568 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Glasgow Central and Paisley Gilmour Street than any other pair: 1,515,294 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.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Glasgow Central gains 18 destinations including Dunbar, Barrhill, Stranraer, Basingstoke, Southampton Central, Chepstow.

Nearest other stations

Argyle Street 0.3 miles
Glasgow Queen Street 0.4 miles
Anderston 0.5 miles
Charing Cross (Glasgow) 0.6 miles
High Street 0.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Glasgow Central, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Glasgow Bridge Street · 0.3 miles
Bridge Street subway · 0.4 miles
Glasgow Cross · 0.6 miles
Buchanan Street · 0.6 miles
Cowcaddens subway · 0.7 miles
West Street subway · 0.7 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.