It's quite a new station and looks like it! Very clean, modern, has heating which is great in the…read morecolder months, wide platforms with a few shelters to hide from the wind and rain in, lots of seats in the waiting room, lots of Metro newspapers in the morning! The trains are frequent to both Glasgow and Edinburgh and there's services to many smaller towns too that aren't on the Glasgow-Edinburgh shuttle service route. The staff are always very helpful and there never is much of a wait at either the counter or the machine. Only quibble is that you have to get a key from the counter to use the one toilet (accessible for wheelchairs). While this is never a problem, the station could do with more toilets that do not require a key, especially as it gets busier with all the new housing in the area.

I've often though of Shell petrol stations as being one of the most expensive and I'm not sure why…read moreI was passing here but noticed that their petrol was the cheapest in the area (currently 92.9), this petrol station is always busy but petrol is the only thing that's cheap here. A 2L bottle of Irn-Bru costs £2.69 and a 600ml bottle £1.09. The same can be said for their sweets, snacks and crisps. Most are quite overpriced except for the odd offer (most recently 2 KitKat Duo's for £1). They stock a limited range of magazines, car care products, gifts (boxes of chocolates), but a large range of chocolate bars, snacks (including facilities to make pot noodles, hot chocolate) and a large range of flowers. Which although is the usual mixed bouquets aren't half-dead like most petrol stations and prices for these start from £3.99 for a carnation mixed bouquet. They stock a wide range of tabloids and some broadsheets as well as motoring magazines. A cash point is also available on site which is supplied by Abbey (free to use cash machine).