Hillfoot Scottish Gaelic: Bun a' Chnuic[1]
General information
Location	Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°55′13″N 4°19′12″W / 55.9203°N 4.3199°W / 55.9203; -4.3199
Grid reference	NS550721
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HLF[2]
Key dates
1 May 1900	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.332 million
2019/20	0.335 million
2020/21	23,778
2021/22	0.124 million
2022/23	0.183 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hillfoot railway station is a railway station in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. It is sited between Milngavie and Bearsden, 7 miles 66 chains (12.6 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.^[3]

History

It was opened on 1 May 1900, after the Milngavie branch was double tracked.^[4][5]

Facilities

The station has a small car park but no ticket office or ticket machine. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train. Both platforms have shelters, help points and benches, and there are bike racks adjacent to platform 1. Both platforms have step-free entrances, but the footbridge only has steps.^[6]

Passenger volume

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

On weekdays and Saturdays, trains run every 30 minutes northbound to Milngavie, and southbound to Springburn, via Glasgow Queen Street (low level). In the evenings and on Sundays, trains run southbound to Motherwell, via Hamilton Central, at the same twice-hourly frequency.^[8]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bearsden		ScotRail Argyle Line		Milngavie
Bearsden		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Milngavie

Cultural references

The station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun.^{[9][better source needed]}