Dalmarnock railway station

Dalmarnock railway station, serving the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow, Scotland, lies on the Argyle Line, two and a quarter miles (3.6 km) southeast of Glasgow Central. The northern ends of the side platforms are within a tunnel (refer image). Revamped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the station is a 15-minute walk from the Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, and Celtic football club's Celtic Park stadium at Parkhead.

Dalmarnock
Scottish Gaelic: Dail Meàrnaig[1]
Dalmarnock station (pre-2014 refurbishment), looking towards the tunnel
Location
Place	Dalmarnock
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°50′33″N 4°13′03″W
Grid reference	NS612631
Operations
Station code	DAK
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	0.217 million
2015/16	0.283 million
2016/17	0.368 million
2017/18	0.449 million
2018/19	0.414 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 November 1895[2]	Opened
5 October 1964[2]	Closed
5 November 1979[2]	Re-opened
3 June 2012	Temporarily closed for refurbishment
23 May 2013	Re-opened after refurbishment
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalmarnock from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

1879–1964 overview

On the viaduct, at the north side of Dalmarnock Road, was the Caledonian Railway high-level station called Bridgeton. Opened on 1 April 1879,[3] on what was then the London Road branch, it closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895.[2]

The siding from the nearby rail yard to the gas works passed under the viaduct, above the current platform area, and across the Swanston Street level crossing.[4] All remnants have since been demolished.[5]

The low-level station closed on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe, but the station and tunnel remained intact.

Flooding

Record rainfalls have often led to flooding of the station and closure for a period of several hours in 1903,[6] two days in 1907,[7][8] several hours in 1935 with water reaching platform height,[9] one day for the whole underground in 1938,[10] several weeks in 2002, several hours in 2017 (images),[11] several hours in 2019,[12] and two days in 2020.[13]

1979 reopening

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.

Station refurbishment

The station underwent a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, being handy to the athletes' village and several venues.[14] Lifts were installed and a new street-level entrance and ticket office constructed along with landscaping aimed at better connecting the station environs to the nearby River Clyde and Glasgow Green.[15] The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to reopen in November 2012,[16] but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013.[17]

Services

Railways in the Parkhead area
City of Glasgow Union Railway (CoGUR) Alexandra Parade The Switchback (CR) (CoGUR) Haghill Goods Kennyhill Goods (SB CR) (CoGUR) Duke Street Haghill Junction (CB NBR) Camlachie Goods Parkhead North (CB NBR) Coatbridge Branch (NBR) Parkhead Forge Siding (SB CR) Parkhead Forge Junction (GCR) Bridgeton Parkhead Stadium (GCR) Glasgow Central Railway London Road Goods (SB CR) London Road Junction (GCR) Dalmarnock Dalmarnock (SB CR) Strathclyde Junction Bridgeton Goods (GCR) River Clyde Glasgow Central Railway
Railways: CB NBR — Coatbridge Branch (NBR) CoGUR — City of Glasgow Union Railway (Joint G&SWR and NBR) GCR — Glasgow Central Railway (CR) SB CR — The Switchback (CR)

Passenger trains per hour[18]
Direction	Terminus	Via	Mon–Sat	Sun (10am–6pm)
Eastbound	Cumbernauld	Motherwell, Airbles	1
	Motherwell	Hamilton Central or Whifflet	2	3
	Larkhall	Hamilton Central	2	1
	Whifflet		1
Westbound	Dalmuir	Yoker or Singer	2
	Milngavie		2	2
	Balloch		2	2

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rutherglen		Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line		Bridgeton
	Historical railways
Rutherglen		Caledonian Railway Glasgow Central Railway		Bridgeton Cross
Rutherglen		Caledonian Railway London Road branch		London Road

Footnotes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), page 76
3. Bradshaw's Railway Manual, 1881 , p. 38, at Google Books
4. "Glasgow map, 1954". www.maps.nls.uk.
5. "Dalmarnock Road viaduct, 2008". www.google.co.uk.
6. "Scotsman, 10 Feb 1903". www.randomscottishhistory.com. p. 5.
7. "Glasgow Herald, 17 Oct 1907". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
8. "Glasgow Herald, 18 Oct 1907". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
9. "Glasgow Herald, 25 Jun 1935". www.news.google.com. p. 11.
10. "Glasgow Herald, 29 Jul 1938". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
11. "Flooding at Dalmarnock Station, 13 May 2017". www.railforums.co.uk.
12. "Herald Scotland, 11 Aug 2019". www.heraldscotland.com.
13. "Inews, 16 Feb 2020". www.inews.co.uk.
14. "Revamp funding for Game station". BBC. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
15. Diagonal - Glasgow, UK, Sheppard Robson
16. "Dalmarnock Redevelopment". ScotRail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
17. "Station reopens after delay to £11m rebuild". Herald Scotland. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
18. "May 2020 NRT: Tables 225 & 226". www.networkrail.co.uk.

References

• 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.
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow Central Railway
• RAILSCOT on The Switchback Line

External links

• Record and images for Dalmarnock Station at Canmore.org.uk