Bishopbriggs railway station
Bishopbriggs 
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Looking east (towards Lenzie) from the footbridge
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| Location | |
| Place | Bishopbriggs |
| Local authority | East Dunbartonshire |
| Coordinates | 55°54′14″N 4°13′30″W / 55.9038°N 4.2249°WCoordinates: 55°54′14″N 4°13′30″W / 55.9038°N 4.2249°W |
| Grid reference | NS610701 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BBG |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.806 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.807 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.754 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.836 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.784 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Opened | 21 February 1842 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bishopbriggs from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bishopbriggs railway station is a railway station serving Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 3 1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) north of Glasgow Queen Street, but is currently only served by services on the Croy Line.
Bishopbriggs was one of the original stations on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, opened in 1842. During the 1960s, the station was scheduled for closure under the Beeching Axe but a local campaign managed to save it, although the original station buildings and footbridge were demolished. They were replaced by a modular ticket office and waiting room, as well as a new footbridge. The ticket office and waiting room was replaced with a modern glass and steel building in 2002, of a similar design to that at Croy railway station.
There is no parking with very little provided on nearby streets.
Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail, primarily using Class 170 Turbostar trains.
During Glasgow Queen Street Tunnel works in summer 2016, trains served Glasgow Queen Street Low Level and ran into Glasgow through Springburn calling additionally at Springburn and back to Bishopbriggs via Anniesland and Maryhill running non - stop.
The station was briefly featured in Bill Forsyth's 1980 film That Sinking Feeling.
Change at Croy for Edinburgh or at Stirling for Alloa, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen.
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