Dumbarton Road

There are many options for travelling around Glasgow’s West End using bus, rail and subway. The nearest subway station is Kelvinhall and the nearest train station is Partick. Use the Traveline Scotland journey planner to plan the most convenient route. There are different options for public transport fares, including:

• Travelling for free on buses in Scotland with a National Entitlement Card (e.g. under 22s or over 60s). A day ticket with First Bus, who run the buses that stop near to the hub, is £5.90 (for latest fare and route information see the FirstBus website).
• If you regularly travel into central Glasgow by public transport, and especially if you use different types of transport (e.g. ScotRail trains, Glasgow Subway or local buses), it may be cheaper to purchase a ZoneCard, which gives you unlimited journeys by public transport. See the SPT ZoneCard website for more information.

You can walk or wheel to most places in and around the West End. Kelvingrove Park is a 5 minute walk away and the Botanic Gardens are a 15 minute walk away.

There are several groups running welcoming and free 'health walks' to help build your walking confidence and meet other people. Visit the Walking Scotland website to find a local group.

Most places in the West End of Glasgow can be reached by bike in around 10 minutes. The city centre is a 15 minute cycle away. You can plan your cycling route using the Cycle Streets website or app.

There are a number of local groups that can help you feel more confident cycling in Glasgow. Groups offering support for adults include:

• Bike for Good - runs regular cycle training lessons (free/pay what you can) from their West End hub on Haugh Road. Check out the Bike for Good website for more information.
• Women on Wheels - offers cycle training for women and non-binary people (free/pay what you can) from their base on Dixon Road in Govan hill. Visit the Women on Wheels website to learn more.
• Cycling Scotland - lists other cycling trainers that operate in the local area. Visit the Cycling Scotland website for more details.

This pop-up mobility hub is a hire station for Glasgow’s nextbike cycle hire scheme, with hire stations all over the city. Use your phone to rent a bike from your nearest hire station and drop it off at another hire station of your choosing.

Most local journeys can be done by walking, cycling or public transport. But for occasional journeys that need to be done by car, why not consider renting one of the nearby car club vehicles from Co Wheels Car Club? Car clubs offer the benefits of access to cars without the costs and hassle of owning one. You can hire a car by the hour, starting from £4.95 per hour, including all fuel costs and standard insurance. Visit the Co Wheels website for more information.

The project aims to work out how more people in Scotland can be supported to walk, wheel and cycle for short local journeys. The hub therefore needs to be near where people live, work or visit, or a combination of these things.

The site at Dumbarton Road was chosen after an assessment process and site visit that looked at things like:

• Existing sustainable transport options (e.g. bus, train, subway, cycling, walking, car club)
• Proximity to amenities (e.g. shops, parks, schools and universities)
• Demographic factors including population density and level of deprivation
• Potential for more people to take journeys by public transport, walking or cycling
• Site gradient, pavement height etc.

The Dumbarton Road location scored highly in this assessment as it is close to Kelvinhall Subway station, bus routes, existing cycle routes and has a high potential for modal shift to more sustainable types of transport.

No, the council is not funding the pop-up mobility hubs project. The funding for the project comes from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport’s People & Place programme, which is a grant fund of Transport Scotland. The aim of the funding is to make it easier for more people in Scotland to walk, wheel or cycle for short, local journeys. Glasgow City Council has partnered with CoMoUK on the project as it aligns with both Glasgow’s Transport Strategy and Active Travel Strategy. The council has given some staff time to support the project, but has not provided any funding.

The hub will be in the area between Friday 17 October and 15 December 2025. It will then be moved to another area of Glasgow and the space will revert to its usual function.

We are testing different areas of Glasgow to see what works well and what does not to help people to walk, wheel and cycle more. Keeping pop-ups between 10 to 12 weeks means that we can try different types of location and also gives more people the benefit of having the pop-up in their area.

The Sustainable Transport team at Glasgow City Council notified all Elected Members of the proposal in advance of the mobility hub being installed on site.

We delivered an information flyer to nearby households and businesses before the hub was installed and will be delivering updated information flyers during the pop-up. We have obtained the relevant permit from the council to occupy the space. We will be running a survey on the hub throughout the duration of the pop-up, which you can access at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/dumbarton-road/.

The hub features:

• Accessible seating to allow those with mobility needs (or anyone else) to rest while walking
• Bike repair stand and pump
• Pop-up nextbike docking station
• Colourful planting and greenery
• Free walking and cycling events for the community while the hub is in the area

This is our sixteenth pop-up across Scotland and none so far have resulted in any major issues relating to antisocial behaviour or littering for residents. However, we will respond to any issues raised (see below for how to contact us) and our Glasgow-based team will check on the hub regularly.

Any events held at the hub will be during the day time and very occasional. Footfall should not be more than would be expected for Dumbarton Road. Longer events will be held at a nearby venue. Please see the events section of the web page to view more details about where events are being held.

If you have an urgent concern to report about the hub, you can email scotland@como.org.uk or call 07553 355519 between Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm.

If you would like to share your opinion on the hub, positive, negative or neutral, you can fill in our survey, which can be accessed at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/dumbarton-road/.