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Table 8.7 Passenger journeys, using national rail tickets, to and from the main stations in Scotland: "entries and exits" 2005-06 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6

Rank

thousands

Rank

thousands

1

Glasgow Central

29,380

51

Rutherglen

526

2

Edinburgh

14,645

52

Bellshill

515

3

Glasgow Queen Street

3,735

53

Barrhead

511

4

Paisley Gilmour Street

3,069

54

Bishopton

504

5

Aberdeen

2,108

55

Coatbridge Sunnyside

477

6

Stirling

1,906

56

Larbert

469

7

Haymarket

1,658

57

Dunblane

458

8

Partick

1,584

58

Kilmarnock

455

9

Charing Cross (Glasgow)

1,529

59

Greenock West

453

10

Dundee

1,515

60

Neilston

451

11

Ayr

1,366

61

Gourock

438

12

Linlithgow

1,088

62

South Gyle

424

13

Kirkcaldy

1,072

63

Largs

411

14

Johnstone

1,054

64

Port Glasgow

404

15

Motherwell

1,052

65

Clydebank

399

16

Hyndland

1,046

66

Stonehaven

397

17

Inverkeithing

972

67

Arbroath

397

18

Airdrie

952

68

North Berwick

380

19

Helensburgh Central

948

69

Bearsden

378

20

Falkirk Grahamston

941

70

Cathcart

375

21

Kilwinning

908

71

Leuchars

375

22

Inverness

873

72

Garrowhill

366

23

Croy

829

73

Dalmeny

361

24

Lenzie

793

74

Dumfries

356

25

Anniesland

775

75

Edinburgh Park

353

26

Irvine

762

76

Montrose

346

27

Mount Florida

746

77

Anderston

341

28

East Kilbride

730

78

Blantyre

340

29

Milngavie

717

79

Newton

337

30

Perth

695

80

Greenock Central

335

31

Hamilton Central

672

81

Dyce

335

32

Bathgate

645

82

Saltcoats

334

33

Shettleston

645

83

Hairmyres

334

34

Dumbarton Central

635

84

Jordanhill

331

35

Exhibition Centre Glasgow

633

85

Bellgrove

330

36

Singer

632

86

Queen's Park (Glasgow)

322

37

Livingston North

622

87

Dalreoch

322

38

Dalmuir

621

88

Crosshill

321

39

Polmont

607

89

Dumbarton East

316

40

Dunfermline

604

90

Alexandria

305

41

Westerton

598

91

Drumchapel

293

42

Hamilton West

594

92

Muirend

290

43

Uddingston

581

93

Dunbar

288

44

Blairhill

581

94

Easterhouse

283

45

Falkirk High

580

95

Prestwick

280

46

Argyle Street

574

96

Scotstoun

280

47

Cambuslang

557

97

Lanark

279

48

Balloch

552

98

High Street Glasgow

277

49

Bishopbriggs

540

99

Crossmyloof

274

50

Troon

539

100

Burnside

273

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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