In 2022/2023, Glasgow Central had 20,767,954 entries and exits, making it the 17^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 8^th busiest (out of 997), with 6,783 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 56898.50 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 58.88 passengers per service*, giving it the 57^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 62972.86 passengers passing through the station and 71.45 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
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	279	1014	Bay Platform
2	292	1061	Bay Platform
3	166	603	Bay Platform
4	165	600	Bay Platform
5	142	516	Bay Platform
6 & 7	130	472	Bay Platform
8	124	450	Bay Platform
9	286	1040	Bay Platform
10	276	1003	Bay Platform
11	353	1283	"Bay Platform - Normal length 244
12	149	541	Bay Platform
13	149	541	Bay Platform
14	193	701	Bay Platform
15	235	854	Bay Platform
16 & 17	135	490	Up Platform 16 / Down Platform 17

*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)

2006-07 Group Of Stations
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station

Location: Glasgow Central
CRS: GLC / NLC: 9813 / TIPLOC(S): GLGC
Station Facility Owner: Network Rail
OS Grid Ref: 258766 665179
Constituency: Glasgow Central
Local Authority: Glasgow City
NR Region: Scotland
Station Group: GLASGOW BR
PTE: Strathclyde
ELR: ARG2 3m 09ch, WCM2 102m 24ch
This station is part of the Strathclyde PTE

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Top 5 jouneys from Glasgow Central during 2022/2023:
•Paisley Gilmour Street (690,248 journeys)
•Mount Florida (327,326 journeys)
•Johnstone (Renfrewshire) (283,085 journeys)
•London Euston (275,714 journeys)
•East Kilbride (226,796 journeys)
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