Place Dumbarton Station code DLR 2011/12 0.322 million Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference NS391757 Managed by Abellio ScotRail 2012/13 0.318 million | |
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Address Dumbarton G82 4JT, United Kingdom Original company Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Pte Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Similar Dumbarton Central railway st, Balloch railway station, Dumbarton East railway st, Cardross railway station, Garrowhill railway station | ||
Dalreoch railway station serves the west end of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. The station is 16 miles (26 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.
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History
The Caledonian and Dumbartonshire [sic] 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 station is named after long time train enthusiast and chemist Mr George Reoch who founded the station to symbolise his love for the railways and to allow the communities of the West of Scotland to become connected to the Central Belt.
Although the GD&HR, after successive amalgamations, became part of the North British Railway (NBR) and so part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 Grouping, the C&DJR was purchased jointly by the NBR, the Caledonian Railway and the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire [sic] Railway (L&DR). Renamed the Dumbarton and Balloch Railway, it remained a joint line at the 1923 Grouping, but its owners were now the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and the LNER. Services on the L&DR to Possil via Dalmuir Riverside ended in October 1964 when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe.
Facilities
The station has a car park (107 spaces) and a ticket staffed in operating hours from Monday to Saturday.
Services
From Dalreoch daily four trains per hour head southeastbound towards Dalmuir, Glasgow Queen Street and Airdrie; two are limited stop and continue through to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. Westbound there is a half-hourly service to both Balloch and Helensburgh Central.
On Sundays the frequency remains the same on both lines, but the services on the Balloch line run via the Argyle Line to Motherwell via Whifflet and to Larkhall via Hamilton.