Dumbarton Central railway station

Dumbarton Central National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Breatann Meadhain

View of Dumbarton Central station, looking east
Location
Place Dumbarton
Local authority West Dunbartonshire
Coordinates 55°56′47″N 4°34′02″W / 55.9465°N 4.5673°W / 55.9465; -4.5673Coordinates: 55°56′47″N 4°34′02″W / 55.9465°N 4.5673°W / 55.9465; -4.5673
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
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Decrease 0.731 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.122 million
2011/12 Increase 0.736 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.133 million
2012/13 Increase 0.756 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.140 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.708 million
– Interchange  Decrease 0.117 million
2014/15 Increase 0.742 million
– Interchange  Steady 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
* 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.
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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, 15 34 miles (25.3 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street.

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 former down loop on the southbound side having been removed). 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, six trains per hour go southeastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond. 2tph are limited stop to Edinburgh, 2tph run to Springburn & Cumbernauld via Yoker and 2tph via Singer to Airdrie. 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 (the other 2tph terminate here).[4]

West Highland Line

Services to/from Glasgow Queen Street towards Oban (6 trains per day weekdays, 3 on Sundays) and to Fort William & Mallaig (3 per day weekdays, 1 or 2 on Sundays depending on the time of year) call here.[5]

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 Edinburgh, Crewe and the West Coast Main Line.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
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

  1. Railscot - Caledonian & Dumbartonshire Junction Railway www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-10-10
  2. Railscot - Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-10-10
  3. "List Buildings in West Dunbartonshire". Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  4. GB eNRT 2016 Edition, Table 226 (Network Rail)
  5. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 227 (Network Rail)

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