Singer railway station

Singer
General information
Location	Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9075°N 4.4055°W / 55.9075; -4.4055
Grid reference	NS497708
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SIN[1]
History
Original company	North British Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
3 November 1907[2]	Opened legally
4 November 1907[2]	First trains
C. 1913[2]	Renamed to Singer for Kilbowie & Radnor Park
1942[2]	Singer Workers Platform opened
May 1948[2]	Name reverted to just Singer
1 May 1967[2]	Singer Workers Platform closed
Passengers
2019/20	0.523 million
2020/21	68,590
2021/22	0.234 million
2022/23	0.289 million
2023/24	0.316 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Singer railway station is a two-platformed staffed station serving Clydebank town centre, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line between Drumry and Dalmuir, 9 miles 5 chains (14.6 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.^[3] All passenger services are provided by ScotRail.

History

Singer Sewing Machine Factory, Clydebank

Constructed in 1907, Singer station took its name from the large Singer sewing machine factory that it was built to serve.^[4][5][6] History of the station within the sewing machine factory is not well-documented. The 'station' inside the factory - and the factory itself - were demolished in or before 1998.^[7]

The main station replaced the former Kilbowie station, and soon after opening in 1907, it was renamed to Singer for Kilbowie and Radnor Park, reverting to just Singer some time in May 1948.^[8]

Until 2002, Singer was the nearest station to Kilbowie Park, former home of Clydebank F.C. (1965).^[9][6]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Singer^[10]

	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	483,400	538,634	631,782	620,534	683,374	712,904	668,796	685,080	629,626	641,210	638,418	665,536	646,864	660,346	631,430	575,008	522,712	68,590	234,144	288,890

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

Services

An Argyle Line service

On Mondays-Saturdays, trains between Balloch and Airdrie stop each way every 30 minutes. In addition to these North Clyde Line services, there are two Argyle Line trains per hour between Dalmuir and Larkhall. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service to Edinburgh via Airdrie and to Helensburgh Central. There is also one train per day from Oban which calls here in the morning peak to Glasgow Queen Street. This operates via Maryhill.^[11]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Drumry		ScotRail Argyle Line		Dalmuir
Drumry		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Dalmuir
	Historical railways
Drumchapel		North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway		Dalmuir

References

1. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
2. Quick 2022, p. 417.
3. 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.
4. "The Clydebank Story - Transport". Retrieved 11 February 2008.
5. Gray 1989, p. 6.
6. Butt 1995, p. p=212.
7. "Singer Sewing Machine Factory Kilbowie, Clydebank". www.singersewinginfo.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
8. Quick 2022, p. p=264.
9. "Aerial view of Singer". Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
10. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
11. eNRT December 2023, Table 206 https://timetables.fabdigital.uk/nrt/dec2023/206%20Glasgow%20to%20Partick,%20Milngavie,%20Yoker,%20Dalmuir,%20Dumbarton,%20Balloch%20and%20Helensburgh.pdf

Bibliography

• 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.
• Gray, Alastair McIntosh (1989). A History of Scotland:Modern Times. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-917063-0.
• Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
• Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). British Rail Track Diagrams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0948-6.
• Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (2nd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0995-8.
• Yonge, John (April 1996). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (3rd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 1-8983-1919-7.
• Yonge, John (2007). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (Quail Track Plans) (fifth ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co). ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6. OCLC 79435248.

External links

• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway

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