In 2023/2024, Cathcart had 481,464 entries and exits, making it the 840^th most used, out of 2,581 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 541^st busiest (out of 955), with 534 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1319.08 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 17.34 passengers per service*, giving it the 677^th (out of 1,735) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 1322.14 passengers passing through the station and 17.42 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 23 timetable.

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

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1	153	556	Down Platform
2	151	549	Up 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)

2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station

Location: Cathcart
CRS: CCT / NLC: 9795 / TIPLOC(S): CCRT
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 258460 660586
Constituency: Glasgow South
Local Authority: Glasgow City
NR Region: Scotland
PTE: Strathclyde
ELR: CTC 2m 14ch
This station is part of the Strathclyde PTE

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