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 Anderston 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Anderston had 228,506 entries and exits, making it the 1,180th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1180/2575
It ranked 225th busiest (out of 997), with 1,290 scheduled services per week.
225/997
That's a daily average of 626.04 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 3.41 passengers per service, giving it the 1,379th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1379/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 81,606
Reduced price entries & exits: 95,904
Season ticket entries & exits: 50,996
Total entries & exits: 228,506
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +10,860 : 4.99%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1128465Up Platform
2128465Down Platform
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
025Glasgow - Helensburgh, Balloch & MilngavieMay24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +113,214 (+98.20%)

Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Ticket barriers introduced in June 2011

Location Details

Location: Anderston
CRS: AND / NLC: 9965 / TIPLOC(S): ANDRSTN
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 257951 665290
Constituency: Glasgow Central
Local Authority: Glasgow City
NR Region: Scotland
PTE: Strathclyde
ELR: ARG2 3m 42ch
This station is part of the Strathclyde PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Anderston during 2022/2023:
•Rutherglen (13,930 journeys)
•Partick (10,219 journeys)
•Glasgow Central (7,141 journeys)
•Hamilton Central (6,737 journeys)
•Bridgeton (6,616 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Anderston's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Exhibition Centre (Glasgow)0.51
Glasgow Central0.41