Kilpatrick railway station
Kilpatrick railway station serves the village of Old Kilpatrick in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line, 111⁄2 miles (18 km) west of Glasgow and the Argyle Line on Sundays.
Kilpatrick  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Cill Phàdraig[1] | |
 Kilpatrick railway station, looking southeast towards Dalmuir. The Erskine Bridge can be seen overhead. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Old Kilpatrick |
| Local authority | West Dunbartonshire |
| Coordinates | 55.9239°N 4.4525°W |
| Grid reference | NS468728 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KPT |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
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| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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Part of the station sits under the northern end of the Erskine Bridge with Lusset Park overlooking the station from above. Access to Station Road is from the south side on the westbound platform. The Lusset Glen is also accessible from the westbound platform.
Facilities
The station is a split, two-platform station with ramp access and a small ticket office. There is no auto-announcement system at present. In September 1989, an armed robbery took place and the two men held up the member of staff with double barreled shotguns. After this crime, the station has been unmanned until the present day. A woman was also killed in an apparent suicide attempt; she was struck by a train in October 2011 at the station.[2]
Services
2006/07
From Kilpatrick, there is a half-hourly service to Glasgow Queen Street usually to Airdrie. After 18:00, the trains run to Springburn. On Sundays the service uses the Argyle Line to Motherwell on Sundays.
Westbound there is a half-hourly daily service to Balloch.
2016
The service remains half hourly in the May 2016 timetable but on weekdays and Saturdays, westbound trains now end at Dumbarton Central and eastbound trains run to Cumbernauld via Clydebank. Sunday services run half-hourly to Balloch and to Glasgow Central Low Level (and thence alternately to Motherwell via Whifflet and to Larkhall).[3]
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
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| Dalmuir | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Bowling | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Dalmuir Line and station open |
Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway | Bowling Line and station open | ||
References
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- http://news.stv.tv/west-central/274980-woman-dies-after-being-hit-by-train/
- Table 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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.
