Dumbarton Central railway station
Dumbarton Central | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Breatann Meadhain | |
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View of Dumbarton Central station, looking east
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Location | |
Place | Dumbarton |
Local authority | West Dunbartonshire |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Grid reference | NS397755 |
Operations | |
Station code | DBC |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Owned by | Network Rail |
Number of platforms | 3 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2002/03 | 0.551 million |
2004/05 | 0.571 million |
2005/06 | 0.635 million |
2006/07 | 0.642 million |
2007/08 | 0.661 million |
2008/09 | 0.750 million |
2009/10 | 0.736 million |
2010/11 | 0.731 million |
2011/12 | 0.736 million |
- Interchange | 0.133 million |
2012/13 | 0.755 million |
- Interchange | 0.140 million |
2013/14 | 0.708 million |
- Interchange | 0.117 million |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | SPT |
History | |
Original company | Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway & Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway & North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS & LNER |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dumbarton Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Dumbarton Central railway station serves the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and the North Clyde Line, 15¾ miles (25 km) north west of Glasgow Queen Street.
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History
The station was opened on 15 July 1850 by the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway[1] on their route from Balloch Pier to Bowling, where travellers could join steamships on the River Clyde to get to Glasgow. Connections with the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway at Dalreoch Junction and at Bowling put the station on a through route between Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central by 1858. The company was subsequently absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in 1862 and eventually became part of the North British Railway three years later. However, in 1891, the North British was forced to come to an agreement with the rival Caledonian Railway to give the latter access to Balloch (and the Loch Lomond steamships) over C&DJR metals in order to prevent the building of a competing route by the Caledonian company - this resulted in the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway arriving from Possil via Maryhill Central in 1896.[2] Trains on the West Highland Railway also began serving the station following its completion on 1 August 1894 and these continue to call here to this day.
The station was built with two island platforms to permit convenient interchange between the various services that called, although only three faces remain in use. The Helensburgh & Balloch lines were electrified by British Railways as part of the 1960 North Clyde Line electrification scheme, but most of the L&DR route was closed (other than the short section through neighbouring Dumbarton East) when passenger services to Possil via Dalmuir Riverside were withdrawn on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe.
Building
It is a category A listed building under the Town and Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.[3]
Services
North Clyde Line / Argyle Line
Mondays-Saturdays, four trains per hour go southeastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond. 2tph are limited stop to Edinburgh (all stops via Yoker in the evenings) and 2tph are via Singer to Airdrie (Cumbernauld in the evenings). Sunday services are via Singer to Edinburgh Waverley and via Yoker, alternating between Motherwell via Whifflet and Larkhall. Northwestbound services run twice-hourly each to Balloch and Helensburgh Central.
West Highland Line
Services to/from Glasgow Queen Street towards Oban, Fort William and Mallaig call here. The Highland Sleeper service also calls in each direction daily (except Saturday nights southbound & Sunday mornings northbound), giving the station a direct link to/from London Euston via the West Coast Main Line.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Dalmuir | Abellio ScotRail West Highland Line |
Helensburgh Upper | ||
Dalmuir | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper |
Helensburgh Upper | ||
Dumbarton East | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Dalreoch | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Dumbarton East Line and Station open |
Caledonian Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway |
Terminus | ||
Bowling Line closed; Station open |
Caledonian & North British Railway Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway |
Dalreoch Line and Station open |
References
Notes
- ↑ Railscot - Caledonian & Dumbartonshire Junction Railway www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-10-10
- ↑ Railscot - Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-10-10
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Sources
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