RailwayData | Glasgow Queen Street Station

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Glasgow Queen Street had 12,283,736 entries and exits, making it the 30^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.

30/2575

It ranked 32^nd busiest (out of 997), with 3,770 scheduled services per week.

32/997

That's a daily average of 33654.07 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 62.66 passengers per service*, giving it the 49^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

49/1659

* This increases to a daily average of 37176.47 passengers passing through the station and 75.78 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 3,072,938

Reduced price entries & exits: 8,373,698

Season ticket entries & exits: 837,100

Total entries & exits: 12,283,736

Interchanges made between connecting services: 1,285,677

Change in usage from 21/22: +3,816,018 : 45.07%

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

Platform Lengths

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1	98	356	Bay Platform
2	171	621	Bay Platform
3 & 4	196	712	Bay Platform
5	171	621	Bay Platform
6	147	534	Bay Platform
7	196	712	Bay Platform
8 & 9	135	490	Down Platform 8 / Up Platform 9

*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

Table	Description	Timetable
022	Edinburgh, Glasgow - Perth - Inverness	Oct24
023	Glasgow - Oban, Fort William & Mallaig	Oct24
025	Glasgow - Helensburgh, Balloch & Milngavie	Oct24
026	Glasgow - Summerston - Anniesland	Oct24
027	Edinburgh - Falkirk Grahamston - Glasgow	Oct24
028	Edinburgh, Glasgow & Perth - Dundee - Aberdeen	Oct24
045	Glasgow - Edinburgh (Summary)	Oct24
047	Glasgow & Edinburgh - Stirling - Dunblane & Alloa	Oct24
049	Glasgow - Croy - Falkirk High - Edinburgh	Oct24

To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History

Change between 1997 & 2023: +10,588,963 (+624.80%)

Reasons for change:

2006-07 Group Of Stations
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Previous year included an overstatement of Edinburgh - Glasgow demand present in the underlying LENNON data
2012-13 0

Location Details

Location: Glasgow Queen Street
CRS: GLQ / NLC: 9950 / TIPLOC(S): GLGQHL
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 259210 665552
Constituency: Glasgow Central
Local Authority: Glasgow City
NR Region: Scotland
Station Group: GLASGOW BR
PTE: Strathclyde
ELR: NEM3 0m 40ch, EGM1 0m ch
This station is part of the Strathclyde PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Glasgow Queen Street during 2022/2023:
•Edinburgh (1,070,483 journeys)
•Croy (336,890 journeys)
•Stirling (211,623 journeys)
•Bishopbriggs (203,717 journeys)
•Lenzie (200,746 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Glasgow Queen Street's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.

Station	Miles
Ashfield	2.30
Bishopbriggs	3.24
Charing Cross (Glasgow)	0.79
High Street (Glasgow)	0.44
Springburn	1.87