Clydebank railway station explained

Clydebank
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Chluaidh
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.9006°N -4.4042°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:CYK
Transit Authority:SPT
Original:Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Pregroup:North British Railway
Postgroup:LNER
Years:1 December 1882
Events:Opened[1]
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Clydebank railway station is a railway station serving the town of Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line. Passenger services are operated by ScotRail.

History

The station (which was formerly known as Clydebank Central) dates from 1897, when the North British Railway commissioned a link line from the former Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway route from through to on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway. It replaced the original GY&CR Clydebank terminus, which was then renamed Clydebank East (closed in 1959).

Services

2008

The station is staffed part-time and has two platforms on a high level. It is served by 4 to 6 trains per hour:

On a Sunday, trains stop every 30 minutes operating between and Motherwell.

2013

The basic daytime weekday service from the station is 4 trains per hour each way (15 minute intervals). Eastbound these run alternately to Springburn via Queen St L.L and to Motherwell via Central L.L and ; every second service on the latter route is extended to . Westbound, all services terminate at Dalmuir. In the evenings, the frequency drops to half-hourly but trains run through to Edinburgh via Queen St L.L and eastbound and to Helensburgh Central westbound.[2]

On Sundays, the service is half-hourly each way to Balloch & Motherwell.

2016

The basic service frequency from here remain unchanged, but alternate westbound trains now extend to & eastbound trains now run alternately to either via Queen St L.L or to / via Central L.L. Arrivals on the Argyle Line are from Motherwell via Hamilton, with alternating services running through from . This frequency now operates throughout the day until end of service. The Sunday service to Balloch is still half hourly but southeast-bound trains now run alternately either to Motherwell via or Larkhall.[3]

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995)
  2. GB National Rail Timetable May 2013, Table 226
  3. GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Tables 225 & 226