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Dalreoch railway station

Dalreoch Scottish Gaelic: An Dail Riabhach[1]
General information
Location	Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′50″N 4°34′37″W / 55.9472°N 4.5770°W / 55.9472; -4.5770
Grid reference	NS391757
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DLR[2]
Fare zone	D2
History
Original company	Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Dumbarton and Balloch Railway
Post-grouping	Dumbarton and Balloch Railway
Key dates
15 July 1850	Station opened
28 May 1858	Helensburgh line opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.292 million
2019/20	0.279 million
2020/21	42,802
2021/22	0.133 million
2022/23	0.180 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dalreoch railway station serves the west end of DumbartoninWest Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. The station is 16 miles 38 chains (26.5 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill.^[3]

History[edit]

The Caledonian and Dumbartonshire [sic] Junction Railway (C&DJR) was opened in 1850,^[4] and Dalreoch railway station opened on 15 July 1850.^[5] The station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway (GD&HR) on 28 May 1858. The tunnel at the west end of the station, on the route to Helensburgh, was doubled in 1896 at a cost of £400,000 - the last section of the line to be doubled.^[6]

The line was electrified in 1960.^[6] Services on the Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire Railway route to Possil via Dalmuir Riverside ended in October 1964 when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities[edit]

The station is equipped with a ticket office on platform 2, the latter adjacent to the car park and bike racks. Both platforms have benches, help points and shelters. The platforms are linked by a footbridge, so only platform 2 has step-free access.^[7]

Passenger volume[edit]

The statistics cover twelve-month periods that start in April.

Services[edit]

On weekdays and Saturdays, there is typically a half-hourly service westbound to Helensburgh Central and Balloch each, and half-hourly eastbound to either Edinburgh Waverley (via Glasgow Queen Street low-level, non-stop between Dalmuir and Hyndland) or Airdrie (calling at all stations via Singer). On Sundays, the service remains half-hourly, but two trains per hour serve all stations via Singer, while the other two serve all stations via Yoker, the latter heading to either Larkhall via Hamilton Central, or Motherwell via Whifflet (i.e., hourly trains on both routes).^[9]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dumbarton Central		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Cardross
				Renton
	Historical railways
continuing line		North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway		Cardross Line and station open
Dumbarton Central Line and station open		CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway		Renton Line and station open

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Casserley, H. C. (1968). Britain's Joint Lines. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links[edit]

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• Train times and station information for Dalreoch railway station from National Rail