Dalreoch railway station

Dalreoch Scottish Gaelic: An Dail Riabhach[1]
Location	Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′50″N 4°34′37″W / 55.9472°N 4.5770°W / 55.9472; -4.5770Coordinates: 55°56′50″N 4°34′37″W / 55.9472°N 4.5770°W / 55.9472; -4.5770
Grid reference	NS391757
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DLR
Fare zone	D2
History
Original company	Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Dumbarton and Balloch Railway
Post-grouping	Dumbarton and Balloch Railway
Key dates
15 July 1850	Station opened
28 May 1858	Helensburgh line opened
Passengers
2016/17	0.365 million
2017/18	0.295 million
2018/19	0.292 million
2019/20	0.279 million
2020/21	42,802
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dalreoch railway station serves the west end of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. The station is 16 miles (26 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

History[]

A 1903 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the whole of the Dumbarton and Balloch Railway, including Dalreoch railway station (centre bottom)

The Caledonian and Dumbartonshire [sic] Junction Railway (C&DJR) was opened in 1850,^[2] and Dalreoch railway station opened on 15 July 1850.^[3] The station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway (GD&HR) on 28 May 1858.

Although the GD&HR, after successive amalgamations, became part of the North British Railway (NBR) and so part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 Grouping, the C&DJR was purchased jointly by the NBR, the Caledonian Railway and the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire [sic] Railway (L&DR). Renamed the Dumbarton and Balloch Railway, it remained a joint line at the 1923 Grouping, but its owners were now the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and the LNER.^[2] Services on the L&DR to Possil via Dalmuir Riverside ended in October 1964 when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe.

Facilities[]

The station has a car park (107 spaces) and a ticket staffed in operating hours from Monday to Saturday.^[4]

Services[]

From Dalreoch daily four trains per hour head southeastbound towards Dalmuir, Glasgow Queen Street and Airdrie; two are limited stop and continue through to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. Westbound there is a half-hourly service to both Balloch and Helensburgh Central.^[5]

On Sundays the frequency remains the same on both lines, but the services on the Balloch line run via the Argyle Line to Motherwell via Whifflet and to Larkhall via Hamilton.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dumbarton Central		Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line		Cardross
				Renton
	Historical railways
continuing line		North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway		Cardross Line and station open
Dumbarton Central Line and station open		CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway		Renton Line and station open

References[]

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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.
• Casserley, H. C. (1968). Britain's Joint Lines. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.
• 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 the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway