Scottish Transport Statistics: No 27 - 2008 Edition

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Table 8.7 Passenger journeys, using national rail tickets, to and from the main stations in Scotland: "entries and exits" 2006-07 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6

Rank

thousands

Rank

thousands

1

Glasgow Central

21,002

51

Balloch

555

2

Edinburgh Waverley

15,286

52

Barrhead

551

3

Glasgow Queen Street

14,053

53

Shettleston

525

4

Paisley Gilmour Street

3,152

54

Bellshill

519

5

Aberdeen

2,279

55

Bishopton

519

6

Stirling

1,920

56

Larbert

492

7

Partick

1,645

57

Coatbridge Sunnyside

479

8

Haymarket

1,620

58

Greenock West

475

9

Charing Cross (Glasgow)

1,491

59

Neilston

468

10

Dundee

1,490

60

Dunblane

466

11

Ayr

1,417

61

Kilmarnock

438

12

Kirkcaldy

1,126

62

Gourock

432

13

Johnstone

1,125

63

Clarkston

431

14

Linlithgow

1,121

64

Bearsden

420

15

Motherwell

1,095

65

Stonehaven

416

16

Hyndland

1,077

66

Port Glasgow

415

17

Airdrie

994

67

Largs

413

18

Inverkeithing

986

68

South Gyle

410

19

Croy

935

69

Dyce

401

20

Helensburgh Central

929

70

North Berwick

398

21

Kilwinning

921

71

Arbroath

393

22

Inverness

916

72

Clydebank

389

23

Falkirk High

883

73

Cathcart

384

24

Irvine

810

74

Blantyre

383

25

Anniesland

809

75

Anderston

382

26

Lenzie

794

76

Leuchars (for St. Andrews)

378

27

Mount Florida

782

77

Hairmyres

373

28

Exhibition Centre

763

78

Dalmeny

371

29

East Kilbride

763

79

Edinburgh Park

368

30

Milngavie

754

80

Newton (Lanarks)

367

31

Hamilton Central

705

81

Queens Park (Glasgow)

351

32

Perth

701

82

Saltcoats

350

33

Falkirk Grahamston

662

83

Montrose

348

34

Bathgate

651

84

Dumfries

345

35

Dumbarton Central

642

85

Jordanhill

344

36

Dunfermline Queen Margaret

632

86

Patterton

342

37

Livingston North

624

87

Greenock Central

342

38

Dalmuir

623

88

Bellgrove

337

39

Singer

621

89

Crosshill

321

40

Polmont

617

90

Dalreoch

313

41

Argyle Street

617

91

Dumbarton East

308

42

Uddingston

616

92

Crossmyloof

300

43

Westerton

615

93

Scotstounhill

300

44

Blairhill

606

94

Drumchapel

300

45

Cambuslang

579

95

Easterhouse

300

46

Rutherglen

579

96

Dunbar

299

47

Hamilton West

575

97

Alexandria

295

48

Troon

562

98

Lanark

290

49

Garrowhill

559

99

Bridgeton

286

50

Bishopbriggs

555

100

Prestwick Town

282

Source: ORR - Not National Statistics

1. The figures above consists of estimates of the total number of people who used national rail tickets to arrive at or depart from the main stations in Scotland - i.e. who entered or exited the national rail system at those stations.

2. Through journeys made using tickets whose sales were recorded directly by the rail industry's central ticketing system. These figures are on a different basis from those which appear in Tables 8.1 to 8.3 because (e.g.) the figures in this table do not include estimates of journeys made using Zonecards, and they do not double-count passenger journeys which involved the use of services provided by different operators (see section 3 of the text).

3. The basis of these figures also differs from that of Tables 8.4 to 8.6 because the system cannot count against any of the individual destination stations within Glasgow a ticket which specifies that the destination is a particular SPT zone within Glasgow, nor can it count against any individual station of origin a ticket which specifes that the traveller may depart from any station in a particular SPT zone.

4. The calculation of station usage levels uses sales recorded in the railway ticketing system prior to their allocation to individual operators. It does not take into account any changes of train during the course of a journey.

5. Stations associated with a group station can show large year-to-year variations in usage figures, which reflect changes in ticket encoding rather than actual difference in passengers' journeys. For such tickets, journeys are allocated to the main station of those in the group.

6. For example, a return journey from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh would be counted twice against Kirkcaldy (since the passenger used Kirkcaldy station twice - once when departing on the outward journey and once when arriving on completion of the return journey), and twice against Edinburgh.

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