Drumchapel railway station explained

Drumchapel
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Druim a' Chaibeil[1]
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Drumchapel, Glasgow
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.9047°N -4.363°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:DMC[2]
Years:1 May 1890
Events:Opened
Transit Authority:SPT
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Drumchapel railway station serves the Drumchapel, Blairdardie and Old Drumchapel areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line. It is situated between Westerton to the east and Drumry to the west, and is located 7miles from Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Maryhill.[3]

History

The station opened on 1 May 1890 or in 1891,[4] although there had been a railway line through the town since 1858.[5] Accordingly the opening of the station allowed for significant housing developments on either side of the line.[6]

Facilities

The station has a small car park, with a staffed ticket office and a ticket machine. Both platforms have help points, shelters and benches, with bike racks adjacent to the car park.[7] There is also a bus stop for the number 3 (formerly along with the number 16) operated by First Glasgow with services to Govan.[8]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Drumchapel[9] !!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 exits213,644244,174292,530299,686309,314349,794356,140370,858387,028405,038376,238383,890385,420360,184343,572337,244323,85450,794191,328236,092
The statistics cover twelve-month periods that start in April.

Services

On Mondays-Saturdays, trains between and stop each way every 30 minutes. In addition to these North Clyde Line services, there are two Argyle Line trains per hour between and . On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service to Edinburgh via Airdrie and to .[10]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brailsford . Martyn . Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man . 6th . December 2017 . 1987 . Trackmaps . Frome . 978-0-9549866-9-8 . Gaelic/English Station Index .
  2. Web site: Railway Codes . railwaycodes.org.uk . 27 September 2022.
  3. Book: TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain . Platform 5 Publishing Ltd . 2017 . 978-1909431-26-3 . Bridge . Mike . 3rd . Sheffield . 137.
  4. Book: Craig, Allan . The Story of Drumchapel . 2003.
  5. Web site: 2008-06-14 . The Railway Line . 2023-12-24 . Drumchapel Heritage Group . en.
  6. Book: Duffy . John . Drumchapel: History and Stories . Kowatli . Nour . Phiri . Ngalazu . Navandar . Mrunal . Tarpanova . Hristina . Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde . 2017 . Glasgow . 28–29.
  7. Web site: Drumchapel station map . 24 December 2023 . National Rail.
  8. Web site: Drumchapel Station (At) – Bus Times . 2023-12-24 . bustimes.org.
  9. Web site: Estimates of station usage ORR Data Portal . 24 December 2023 . dataportal.orr.gov.uk.
  10. eNRT December 2023, Table 206 https://timetables.fabdigital.uk/nrt/dec2023/206%20Glasgow%20to%20Partick,%20Milngavie,%20Yoker,%20Dalmuir,%20Dumbarton,%20Balloch%20and%20Helensburgh.pdf