Westerton Railway Station

The best thing about Westerton Railway Station is the great big spiralling steps that I used to run down at break neck speed as a child.
There’s a little indoor ticket office which is excellent when for when the weather is less than lovely, and offers up some heat and a seat while you wait for your train. With its great big overarching stairway, it leads to the neighbouring residential area on one side, with the other side leading to the local park and health centre. This station is pretty decent, with good links to various areas in the city, from Bellgrove to Bearsden.

I’ve discussed my depressing but thankfully brief time living in the Knightswood backwater in a few other reviews. It was certainly grim, but the good view from the hill at Westerton station, along with the bizarre circular ramp thing you had to go down to get to the street, were a couple of very small silver linings.
Westerton station was actually almost half an hour’s walk away from my flat at the time, but a combination of wanting to spend as little time in the flat as possible, and a steadfast refusal to travel by bus, meant I made a good few trips here. It’s in an area considered part of Bearsden rather than Glasgow, but I think most of the Daily Mail reading curtain twitchers from the main part of Bearsden would rather it wasn’t. Trains are ridiculously frequent here though, almost on par with the subway.
There’s not exactly a lot of sights to see in the area bar a couple of newsagents and a chippy that acts as a sort of common room for local glue sniffers so unless you live nearby I doubt you’ll end up here, but the view is cracking as you can see pretty much the whole city.

Westerton station lies right next to the Forth and Clyde Canal, giving a very brief scenic interlude to travellers. It is the junction for the Milngavie branch, with trains also passing through from the west (Balloch, Dumbarton, Dalmuir) to the south and east ends of Glasgow (Motherwell, Airdrie) via the city centre. Interestingly, the Caledonian Sleeper service to Fort William also calls here in the early morning and late evening, with a connecting service to Glasgow Queen Street.
Westerton station has very good facilities, the sort of facilities one would love all suburban stations to have. There is a very large car park, bicycle racks, ticket office and ticket vending machines. You can even pick up a copy of the Metro in the morning too.
Westerton is also very close to Canniesburn Hospital. Definitely one of the better suburban stations in Glasgow.