Clydebank railway station
Clydebank railway station is a railway station serving the town of Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line. Passenger services are operated by Abellio ScotRail.
Clydebank  | |
|---|---|
| Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Chluaidh[1] | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Clydebank |
| Local authority | West Dunbartonshire |
| Coordinates | 55.9006°N 4.4042°W |
| Grid reference | NS497701 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CYK |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2014/15 |  |
| 2015/16 |  |
| 2016/17 | |
| 2017/18 | |
| 2018/19 | |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 1 December 1882 | Opened[2][3] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Clydebank from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
History
The station (which was formerly known as Clydebank Central) dates from 1897, when the North British Railway commissioned a link line from the former Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway[4] route from Jordanhill through to Dalmuir on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway. It replaced the original GY&CR Clydebank terminus, which was then renamed Clydebank East (closed in 1959).
Services
2008
The station is staffed part-time and has two platforms on a high level. It is served by 4 to 6 trains per hour:
- Dalmuir to Lanark
- Dalmuir to Motherwell via Glasgow Central Low level
- Dalmuir to Springburn via Glasgow Queen Street Low level
- Drumgelloch (1989) station to Helensburgh Central (limited stop trains tend to only call in the evenings).
On a Sunday, trains stop every 30 minutes operating between Balloch and Motherwell.
2013
The basic daytime weekday service from the station is 4 trains per hour each way (15 minute intervals). Eastbound these run alternately to Springburn via Queen St L.L and to Motherwell via Central L.L and Bellshill; every second service on the latter route is extended to Lanark. Westbound, all services terminate at Dalmuir. In the evenings, the frequency drops to half-hourly but trains run through to Edinburgh via Queen St L.L and Bathgate eastbound and to Helensburgh Central westbound.[5]
On Sundays, the service is half-hourly each way to Balloch & Motherwell.
2016
The basic service frequency from here remain unchanged, but alternate westbound trains now extend to Dumbarton Central & eastbound trains now run alternately to either Cumbernauld via Queen St L.L or to Whifflet/Motherwell via Central L.L. Arrivals on the Argyle Line are from Motherwell via Hamilton, with alternating services running through from Cumbernauld. This frequency now operates throughout the day until end of service. The Sunday service to Balloch is still half hourly but southeastbound trains now run alternately either to Motherwell via Whifflet or Larkhall.[6]
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoker | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Dalmuir | ||
| Yoker | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Dalmuir | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Yoker | North British Railway Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway |
Dalmuir | ||
References
Notes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt (1995)
- RAILSCOT
- Railscot - Glasgow, Yoker & Clydebank Railway www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-10-09
- GB National Rail Timetable May 2013, Table 226
- GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Tables 225 & 226
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.