Helensburgh Upper railway station

Helensburgh Upper
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Eilidh Ard
265px Helensburgh Upper station
Location
Place	Helensburgh
Local authority	Argyll and Bute
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS298833
Operations
Station code	HLU
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	145
2004/05	213
2005/06	173
2006/07	600
2007/08	17,025
2008/09	22,444
2009/10	23,294
2010/11	23,466
2011/12	14,198
2012/13	14,072
2013/14	11,964
2014/15	15,731
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
7 August 1894	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 Helensburgh Upper from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Helensburgh Upper railway station serves the town of Helensburgh, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde to the west of Glasgow. It is located in a residential area uphill from the town centre and is by far the smaller of the town's two stations.

History

The station opened in 1894.

Originally built with an island platform in a cutting, the Up platform was taken out of use in 1968 although the station building remained in use for another few years.

Location

It is located on the West Highland Line, north west of Glasgow Queen Street and is served by services to Oban and Fort William/Mallaig.

The station is within a short walk of the Hill House, built by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and now preserved by the National Trust for Scotland. By using Helensburgh Upper station to visit the Hill House, visitors can avoid the walk uphill from Helensburgh Central railway station. However, Helensburgh Upper has an infrequent train service compared with that available to and from Helensburgh Central.

Services

Unlike Helensburgh Central, Helensburgh Upper gets a very reduced service but services from Helensburgh Upper are quicker than those from Central, On Monday to Saturdays, There are 9 trains per day each way, 6 to Oban, 3 to Fort William and Malliag, and 9 to Glasgow Queen Street, On Sundays during the Summer, there are 3 trains each way and during the winter, there is only 2 each way,

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dumbarton Central		Abellio ScotRail West Highland Line		Garelochhead
Dumbarton Central		Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Garelochhead
	Historical railways
Craigendoran Upper Line open; Station closed		North British Railway West Highland Railway		Rhu (Row) Line open; Station closed

Signalling

The original (1894) signal box at Helensburgh Upper was replaced on 21 December 1941. That signal box closed on 21 July 1968, when the crossing loop was removed.

On 27 March 1988, Helensburgh Upper became the southern extremity of the Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) signalling on the West Highland Line. A two-aspect colour light signal installed at the east end of the platform controls entry into the Craigendoran signal box (since superseded by Yoker IECC) Track Circuit Block signalling area. The RETB system was installed by British Rail.

References

Sources

• RAILSCOT on the West Highland Railway