Dalmuir

Scottish Gaelic: An Dail Mhòr[1]
National Rail
The Yoker route platforms
General information
LocationDalmuir, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°54′43″N 4°25′37″W / 55.9120°N 4.4270°W / 55.9120; -4.4270
Grid referenceNS484714
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms5
Other information
Station codeDMR[2]
History
Original companyGlasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway & Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
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
2018/19Increase 0.923 million
 Interchange Decrease 40,724
2019/20Decrease 0.916 million
 Interchange Decrease 37,573
2020/21Decrease 0.128 million
 Interchange Decrease 10,199
2021/22Increase 0.441 million
 Interchange Increase 20,369
2022/23Increase 0.562 million
 Interchange Decrease 16,150
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 & 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 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. ^ a b c d e f Quick 2022, p. 156.
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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

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