Westerton railway station
Westerton 
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| Location | |
| Place | Bearsden |
| Local authority | East Dunbartonshire |
| Coordinates | 55°54′17″N 4°20′06″W / 55.9048°N 4.3351°WCoordinates: 55°54′17″N 4°20′06″W / 55.9048°N 4.3351°W |
| Grid reference | NS541704 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WES |
| 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 |
 0.735 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.775 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.748 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.784 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.795 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 1 September 1913 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Westerton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Westerton railway station is a railway station that serves the Westerton district in the town of Bearsden, Scotland.
The station is served by Abellio ScotRail as part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network. It is located on the Argyle Line, 5 miles (8 km) west of Glasgow Central and the North Clyde Line, 4.3 miles (7 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.
The station lies very close to the Forth and Clyde Canal and the boundary between East Dunbartonshire and the city of Glasgow.
Westerton signal box, which was situated in the vee of the junction immediately to the west of the station, opened in 1900 as "Milngavie Junction". Renamed "Westerton" on 10 May 1959, the box was provided with a new frame of 20 levers and took over control of Knightswood North Junction (about a quarter mile east of the station). Colour light signals replaced the semaphores. Westerton signal box closed by British Rail on 21 October 1990 under a subsequent resignalling scheme that saw control of the whole North Clyde Line transferred to Yoker Signalling Centre.
Monday to Saturday daytimes eight trains per hour go southeastbound: four towards Glasgow Queen Street of which 2 go to Airdrie and 2 go to Edinburgh Waverley via Bathgate (limited stop) on the North Clyde Line; and four via Glasgow Central, of which 2 go to Larkhall via Hamilton Central and 2 go to Whifflet (every other train extending to Motherwell) on the Argyle Line. Northwestbound trains head towards Milngavie (4tph) and Dalmuir (4tph, 2 are from the North Clyde line and go to Balloch).
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