Clydebank railway station

Clydebank Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Chluaidh[1]
Location	Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°54′02″N 4°24′15″W / 55.9006°N 4.4042°W / 55.9006; -4.4042Coordinates: 55°54′02″N 4°24′15″W / 55.9006°N 4.4042°W / 55.9006; -4.4042
Grid reference	NS497701
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CYK
History
Original company	Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 December 1882	Opened[2][3]
Passengers
2016/17	0.349 million
2017/18	0.382 million
2018/19	0.378 million
2019/20	0.377 million
2020/21	49,338
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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	National Rail			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[]

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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links[]

• RAILSCOT on the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway