Bowling railway station

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Bowling

Scottish Gaelic: Bolan[1]
National Rail
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LocationBowling, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°55′52″N 4°29′34″W / 55.9311°N 4.4929°W / 55.9311; -4.4929Coordinates: 55°55′52″N 4°29′34″W / 55.9311°N 4.4929°W / 55.9311; -4.4929
Grid referenceNS442736
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBWG
History
Original companyCaledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCR and NBR
Post-groupingLMS and LNER
Key dates
31 May 1858[2]Opened
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 34,438
2017/18Increase 43,894
2018/19Increase 61,326
2019/20Decrease 50,366
2020/21Decrease 5,320
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bowling railway station serves the village of Bowling in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. This station is on the North Clyde Line, 12¼ miles (20 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail who also provide the train service. It was opened in 1858 by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway, though Bowling had received its first railway several years earlier courtesy of the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway (whose Bowling Pier terminal linked into the steamer service along the River Clyde).

The station was made famous by a 1960 painting by the renowned railway artist, the late Terence Cuneo, who depicted a then new Blue train (Class 303) heading westbound into Bowling, passing a steam engine, which the 303 had replaced, in a siding. The painting was used as a poster 'Glasgow Electric'.[3]

Accidents and incidents[]

On 8 September 1933, a passenger train collided with wagons on the line due to a signalman's error. Five people were injured.[4]

Services[]

2006/07[]

There is a daily half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (usually Airdrie) and westbound to Balloch.

2010/11[]

There is a daily half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Airdrie (including one direct service to Edinburgh Waverley in the morning) and westbound to Balloch.[5]

During the operation of the interim timetable until sufficient Class 380s had entered service, the eastbound service terminated at Airdrie.[6]

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).[7]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Kilpatrick   Abellio ScotRail
North Clyde Line
   Dumbarton East
  Historical railways  
Kilpatrick
Line and station open 		  North British Railway
Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
   Line continues as C&DJR
Line continues as GD&HR   Caledonian & North British Railway
Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
   Dumbarton Central
Line closed; Station open

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 41.
  3. ^ Science Museum http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co228546/glasgow-electric-poster
  4. ^ Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Truro: Atlantic Books. p. 19. ISBN 0-906899-07-9.
  5. ^ "National Rail Timetable 226; December 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Interim timetable: Edinburgh to/from Helensburgh MONDAY TO FRIDAY Service" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ 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.
  • 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.

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