Dalmuir railway station

Dalmuir Scottish Gaelic: An Dail Mhòr[1]
The Yoker route platforms
General information
Location	Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9120°N 4.4270°W / 55.9120; -4.4270
Grid reference	NS484714
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	DMR[2]
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway & Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
31 May 1858[3]	Original station opened
May 1897[3]	Station resited
May 1952[3]	Renamed Dalmuir Park
August 1973[3]	Reverted to Dalmuir
Passengers
2019/20	0.916 million
Interchange	37,573
2020/21	0.128 million
Interchange	10,199
2021/22	0.441 million
Interchange	20,369
2022/23	0.562 million
Interchange	16,150
2023/24	0.731 million
Interchange	18,431
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dalmuir railway station is a railway station serving the Dalmuir area of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is a large, five-platform interchange between the Argyle Line, North Clyde Line and West Highland Line, between Singer and Clydebank (both to the south-east) and Kilpatrick (to the north-west). It is situated 9 miles 71 chains (15.9 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Westerton and Maryhill.^[4]

History

The original two-platform station opened on 31 May 1858.^[3] The station was relocated to its current location in May 1897 by the North British Railway and enlarged to four platforms to accommodate the extension of the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway from Clydebank.^[5] The station was known as Dalmuir Park between 1952 and 1973.^[3] A fifth platform was added as part of the Argyle Line expansion in 1979.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

A photo showing the 5 platforms at the station. The three diverging to the left continue to Yoker, whilst the two on the right form the line via Singer

There are four through platforms, two on the Yoker branch and two on the Singer branch along with a terminal bay platform from the Yoker branch.^[4] The two inner platforms link up at the north end of the station, where there were formerly two footbridges - one spanning each pair of lines; however these were dismantled after being replaced by a new, fully disability-accessible bridge fitted with three lifts that links all five platforms in 2009.^[6]

Passenger Volume

Passenger Volume at Dalmuir^[7]

	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	458,679	536,035	620,781	623,286	618,003	736,614	715,916	744,184	801,950	805,254	845,818	899,962	907,038	961,242	921,420	922,534	915,936	128,016	440,666	561,532
Interchanges	–[nb 1]	6,957	33,575	28,625	17,415	31,546	59,050	55,526	69,026	114,081	112,419	61,456	65,859	119,809	42,309	40,724	37,573	10,199	20,369	16,150

The statistics cover twelve-month periods that start in April.

Services

View from Duntocher Road

Passenger services are provided by ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper. As befits a junction station with two alternative routes to the city and access to both main stations there (Glasgow Queen Street Low Level and Glasgow Central Low Level) there are a wide range of destinations available.

Northbound, there are 2 trains per hour each to both Balloch and Helensburgh Central via Dumbarton Central. Generally services to Helensburgh are nonstop to Dumbarton East, with the intermediate stations served by the Balloch terminating trains. Two trains each hour terminate from the line via Singer, and all four trains each hour from the Yoker line terminate here.^[8]

South/eastbound, the four trains via the Yoker line split: two terminate at Motherwell running via Hamilton, the other two running via Whifflet. The two Balloch trains run to Airdrie via Singer, whilst the two trains each hour terminating from that direction go to Larkhall. The Helensburgh Central trains run non-stop over the Yoker line as far as Hyndland, and continue to Edinburgh Waverley.^[8]

In addition the station is the first (or last) stop for almost all West Highland Line services from Queen Street High Level to Oban and Mallaig via Fort William.^[9]

The Highland Sleeper service also calls in each direction daily (except Saturday nights southbound and Sunday mornings northbound), giving the station a direct link to/from London Euston via the West Coast Main Line.^[10]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Singer		ScotRail Argyle Line		Terminus
Clydebank
Singer		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Kilpatrick
Clydebank
Glasgow Queen Street (High Level)		ScotRail West Highland Line		Dumbarton Central
Glasgow Queen Street (Low Level)		Caledonian Sleeper (Highland Caledonian Sleeper)		Dumbarton Central
	Historical railways
Singer Line and station open		North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway		Kilpatrick Line and station open
Singer Works Line partially open; station closed
Clydebank Line and station open		North British Railway Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway		Terminus

Notes

1. No data available.

References

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
2. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
3. Quick 2022, p. 156.
4. 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. p. 137. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
5. Stansfield 2003.
6. "Stations get a £7m upgrade". Glasgow Times. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
7. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
8. eNRT December 2023, Table 206 https://timetables.fabdigital.uk/nrt/dec2023/206%20Glasgow%20to%20Partick,%20Milngavie,%20Yoker,%20Dalmuir,%20Dumbarton,%20Balloch%20and%20Helensburgh.pdf
9. eNRT December 2023, Table 218 https://timetables.fabdigital.uk/nrt/dec2023/218%20UPDATE%2018.12%20Edinburgh%20and%20Glasgow%20to%20Crianlarich,%20Oban,%20Fort%20William%20and%20Mallaig.pdf
10. eNRT December 2023, Table 220 https://timetables.fabdigital.uk/nrt/dec2023/220%20London%20to%20Scotland%20Caledonian%20Sleeper%20services.pdf

Bibliography

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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.
• Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
• Stansfield, Gordon (2003). Glasgow and Dunbartonshire's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-184-033-235-3.

External links

• Train times and station information for Dalmuir railway station from National Rail