Dumbreck railway station explained

Dumbreck
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: An Dùn Breac[1]
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Dumbreck, Glasgow
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.845°N -4.3008°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:DUM
Transit Authority:SPT
Original:British Rail
Years:28 July 1990
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dumbreck railway station is a railway station in Dumbreck, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, NaNround=0.5NaNround=0.5 west of, close to the M77 motorway. It is accessed from the Nithsdale Road at the bridge over the railway. Dumbreck railway station is also the closest station for the Bellahouston Park.

History

It was opened on 28 July 1990 at the same time as the reopening by British Rail of the Paisley Canal Line, which had closed to passengers in 1983. Dumbreck is situated close to the site of one of the original stations on the line, Bellahouston, which closed in 1954.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to .

There is an hourly service on Sundays.

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 .