In 2022/2023, Bowling had 25,434 entries and exits, making it the 2,150^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 636^th busiest (out of 997), with 452 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 69.68 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 1.08 passengers per service, giving it the 1,571^st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

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

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 & 2	131	476	Up Platform 1 / Down Platform 2

*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)

2009-10 No obvious reason to explain change in usage
2010-11 #No obvious reason to explain change in usage
2013-14 Improved PTE Infill

Location: Bowling
CRS: BWG / NLC: 9968 / TIPLOC(S): BOWLING
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 244355 673696
Constituency: West Dunbartonshire
Local Authority: West Dunbartonshire
NR Region: Scotland
PTE: Strathclyde
ELR: NEM5 12m 76ch
This station is part of the Strathclyde PTE

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Top 5 jouneys from Bowling during 2022/2023:
•Glasgow Queen Street (2,946 journeys)
•Kilpatrick (1,508 journeys)
•Singer (1,363 journeys)
•Partick (1,201 journeys)
•Dalmuir (897 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.