The latest government figures have been released detailing passenger numbers at train stations across Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom over 2024 - so naturally we've ranked the most busy train stations in East Dunbartonshire.
Data from the Office for Rail and Road (ORR) tracks the number of commuters entering and exiting every train station in Britain, including all train stations in East Dunbartonshire.
We’re using the latest data from the Office for Rail and Road, released last month on November 21, it uses data gathered from station usage metrics from April 2024 to March 2024 - the latest data available.
Predictably, Glasgow Central and Queen Street station are the top stations in the city, but what about the rest of Britain? Data figures show Liverpool Street in London overtook Waterloo as the most-used station in Great Britain last year, which the ORR attributed to the opening of London's latest train service, the Elizabeth Line.
Now in 2024, Waterloo has dropped down to fourth place, overtaken by both London Paddington in second and Tottenham Court Road in third place.
Waterloo had been the busiest station in the country in all but one of the previous 18 years, but it even dropped to third in that year to March behind Paddington, also on the Elizabeth Line.
Glasgow Central Station is the third busiest station in the United Kingdom outside of London and naturally the busiest in Scotland.
Glasgow stations make up 5 of the 10 busiest stations in Scotland, showing just how much Glaswegians use rail transport as compared to the rest of the country
Scotland’s least used station was Kildonan up in the Highlands, with 240 entries and exits, beating out Scotscalder (with 242 entries and exits), the least used last year. .
For more on Scotland’s busiest train stations, check out our article: Glasgow's Busiest Train Stations 2024: 20 of the busiest Glaswegian railway stations ranked by passenger numbers in 2024
Here are the 20 busiest stations in East Dunbartonshire, ranked from most to least passenger numbers in 2024 - included also are the most popular destinations and origin station from each train station.

1. Milngavie Train Station
Milngavie was the busiest train station in East Dunbartonshire in 2024. It recorded 736,148 entries and exits. The most popular destination / origin point was Glasgow Queen Street. | Roger Cornfoot / Wikipedia
2. Lenzie Railway Station
Lenzie was the second busiest train station in East Dunbartonshire in 2024. It recorded 706,920 entries and exits. The most popular destination / origin point was Glasgow Queen Street. | Geof Sheppard / Wikipedia

3. Bishopbriggs Railway Station
Bishopbriggs was the third busiest train station in East Dunbartonshire in 2024. It recorded 669,734 entries and exits. The most popular destination / origin point was Glasgow Queen Street. | Nigel Thompson / Geograph
4. Westerton Railway Station
Westerton was the fourth busiest train station in East Dunbartonshire in 2024. It recorded 643,500 entries and exits. The most popular destination / origin point was Glasgow Queen Street. | Whohe! / Wikimedia Commons
