The latest government figures have been released detailing passenger numbers at train stations across Glasgow over 2024 - so naturally we've ranked the most busy train stations in the city.
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 Scotland, including Glasgow City.
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 avaliable.
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. .
To compare and contrast to last years results, make sure to check out our article from 2023: Glasgow's Busiest Train Stations 2023: 20 Glasgow train stations with the most passenger numbers ranked
Here are the 20 busiest stations in Glasgow, ranked from most to least passenger numbers in 2024 - included also are the most popular destinations and origin station from each train station.
1. Glasgow Central Station
Glasgow Central Station was the busiest station in Glasgow according to the latest data. There were 24,964,246 recorded exits and entries, the most popular destination / origin point was Paisley Gilmour Street station. | Google Maps
2. Glasgow Queen Street Station
Glasgow Queen Street was the second busiest station in Scotland according to the latest data. There were 14,503,312 recorded entries and exits, the most popular destination / origin point was Edinburgh with 2,424,886 people arriving from or leaving for the capital. Photo: Lisa Ferguson
3. Partick Railway Station
Partick Railway Station was the third busiest station with 2,850,188 entries and exits. The main destination / origin station was Glasgow Central. | Sandy Gemmill / Wikimedia Commons
4. Exhibition Centre Station (Glasgow)
Exhibition Centre was the fourth busiest station with 1,639,932 entries and exits. The most popular destination was also Glasgow Central Station. | Google Maps