Dalreoch railway station

Dalreoch railway station serves the west end of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. The station is northwest of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill.

History

The Caledonian and Junction Railway (C&DJR) was opened in 1850, and Dalreoch railway station opened on 15 July 1850. 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.

The line was electrified in 1960. Services on the Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire Railway route to via ended in October 1964 when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe.

Facilities

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.

Passenger volume

<small>The statistics cover twelve-month periods that start in April.</small>

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour Mondays to Saturdays is:

• 2 tph to via (semi-fast)
• 2 tph to via Singer and
• 2 tph to
• 2 tph to

The typical service on Sundays is:

• 2 tph to via and
• 1 tph to via , and
• 1 tph to via Yoker, Glasgow Central and
• 2 tph to Helensburgh Central
• 2 tph to Balloch

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