Place Dalmarnock Station code DAK 2011/12 79,560 Original company Glasgow Central Railway | Grid reference NS612631 Managed by Abellio ScotRail 2012/13 21,506 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Glasgow G40 4LW, United Kingdom Pte Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Similar Argyle Street railway st, High Street (Glasgow) railway st, Bellgrove railway station, Anderston railway station, Cowcaddens subway station | ||
Dalmarnock railway station serves the area of Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland. It is a station on the Argyle Line, 2ΒΌ miles (4 km) south east of Glasgow Central. The northern part of the station is situated in a tunnel (as seen in the image). The station underwent a revamp for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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History
Adjacent was a high level station which was opened on 24 June 1841 and closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895. This iron bridge (crossing the A749 adjacent to Swanston Street) was removed in June 2009; followed by the embankments. This route belonged to the Caledonian Railway and was referred to as The Switchback.
Locale
The station is fifteen minutes' walk away from Celtic football club's Parkhead stadium. This is the second station to bear this name.
Station refurbishment
The station underwent a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games due to its close proximity to the site of the athletes' village and several venues. Lifts were installed and a new street-level entrance and ticket office constructed. The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to reopen in November 2012, but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013.
1979
At the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979, the station was served by six trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays. in the westerly direction all went to Dalmuir, with three via Yoker and three via Singer. Two of these were extended to Dumbarton Central. In the easterly direction all trains travelled around the Hamilton Circle to Motherwell three in the clockwise direction passing through Bellshill prior to Motherwell and three passing through Hamilton Central first. The limited stop Milngavie to/from Lanark trains did not stop at Dalmarnock.
2016
Monday to Saturdays, four trains per hour head westbound towards Glasgow Central and beyond (Milngavie and Dalmuir) and four trains per hour go eastbound towards either Motherwell via the Hamilton Circle or Whifflet. There is now a Sunday service with trains calling between 10am and 6pm.