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	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Balloch

Scottish Gaelic: *Am Bealach*^[1]
Balloch; Scottish Gaelic: Am Bealach
	Southbound view of the station platform, ; June 2024
General information
Location	Balloch, West Dunbartonshire; Scotland
Coordinates	56°00′08″N 4°34′59″W / 56.0021°N 4.5831°W
Grid reference	NS389818
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BHC
Key dates
24 April 1988	Opened by British Rail
Passengers
2019/20	0.488 million
2020/21	67,320
2021/22	0.279 million
2022/23	0.351 million
2023/24	0.431 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Balloch railway station is a railway station serving the town of Balloch in Scotland. The station is a western terminus of the North Clyde Line, sited 20 miles 38 chains (33.0 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill.^[3]^{[page needed]}

History

Although the line through the station was opened in July 1850,^[4] the current Balloch station was opened by British Rail and SPTE on 24 April 1988, replacing the former Balloch Central station which was situated immediately north of a level crossing on Balloch Road.^[5] Closure of this level crossing was made possible by the closure of the previous terminus station, Balloch Pier, in 1986. The station is located 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of where Balloch Pier station stood.^[6]^[7] This relocation allowed the level crossing to be closed.^[8]

In 2023, it was announced that Balloch would receive a brand new park & ride facility, at a cost of £50,000.^[9]

Location

It lies within the boundary, by just over 150 metres (160 yd),^[10] of the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park and provides one of few examples of an overhead electrified railway operating within a UK national park.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, an accessible toilet, a shelter, seats, a help point and bike racks. The station has a stepped entrance from Tullichewan Road, and three step-free entrances from Balloch Road, Lomond Road and Balloch Road. All of the station is step-free.^[11]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Balloch^[12]
	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	463,350	486,973	552,343	554,798	571,658	600,764	539,450	546,924	552,912	559,570	516,450	553,606	546,584	543,006	529,196	554,282	487,734	67,320	278,900	351,268

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There is a half-hourly daily service to Airdrie on weekdays and Saturdays, and - on Sundays - to Motherwell (via Whifflet) or Larkhall (via Hamilton Central) alternately (i.e., hourly trains from Balloch to Motherwell/Larkhall).^[13]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alexandria		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Terminus

References

^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
^ Quick 2022, p. 64.
^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995)
^ Strathclyde: the Review after the strike Modern Railways issue 445 December 1985 pages 650-651
^ Balloch opens for business Rail issue 82 July 1988 page 15
^ News & Notes: Balloch rebuilt The Railway Magazine issue 1049 September 1988 page 556
^ Clarke, Fraser (13 April 2023). "Balloch Station set for park and ride, as part of local transport funding boost". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ OS Explorer Map 347 'Loch Lomond South'
^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206