Kilpatrick railway station

For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway, see Old Kilpatrick railway station.

Kilpatrick railway station serves the village of Old Kilpatrick in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line, between Dalmuir and Bowling. It is situated 11 miles 17 chains (18.0 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.^{[4][page needed]}

Kilpatrick Scottish Gaelic: Cill Phàdraig[1]
Kilpatrick railway station, looking southeast towards Dalmuir. The Erskine Bridge can be seen overhead.
General information
Location	Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9239°N 4.4525°W / 55.9239; -4.4525
Grid reference	NS468728
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	KPT[2]
Key dates
31 May or 7 June 1858[3]	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.104 million
2020/21	15,420
2021/22	48,198
2022/23	66,432
2023/24	70,598
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Facilities

The station seen in 2016, looking west

The station is a split, two-platform station with ramp access. There are shelters and help points on both platforms, with a set of bike racks on one side.^[5] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.^[6]

A woman was killed in an apparent suicide here, being struck by a train in October 2011 at the station.^[7]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Kilpatrick^[8]

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	56,646	63,977	68,119	71,200	75,356	80,562	107,494	119,212	119,406	118,518	125,306	128,482	135,178	128,918	124,860	104,354	103,968	15,420	48,198	66,432

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

As of March 2025, the typical off-peak service in trains per hour Mondays to Saturdays is:^[9][10]

• 2 tph to Airdrie via Singer and Glasgow Queen Street
• 2 tph to Balloch

The typical service on Sundays is:

• 1 tph to Motherwell via Yoker, Glasgow Central and Whifflet
• 1 tph to Larkhall via Yoker, Glasgow Central and Hamilton Central
• 2 tph to Balloch

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dalmuir		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Bowling
	Historical railways
Dalmuir Line and station open		Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway		Bowling Line and station open