Singer | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire |
Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.9075°N -4.4055°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | ScotRail |
Platforms: | 2 |
Code: | SIN[1] |
Transit Authority: | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
Original: | North British Railway |
Pregroup: | North British Railway |
Postgroup: | LNER |
Years: | 3 November 1907 |
Events: | Opened legally |
Years1: | 4 November 1907 |
Events1: | First trains |
Years2: | C. 1913 |
Events2: | Renamed to Singer for Kilbowie & Radnor Park |
Years3: | 1942 |
Events3: | Singer Workers Platform opened |
Years4: | May 1948 |
Events4: | Name reverted to just Singer |
Years5: | 1 May 1967 |
Events5: | Singer Workers Platform closed |
Footnotes: | 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, 9miles from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.[2] All passenger services are provided by ScotRail.
Constructed in 1907, Singer station took its name from the large Singer sewing machine factory that it was built to serve.[3] 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.[4]
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.
Until 2002, Singer was the nearest station to Kilbowie Park, former home of Clydebank F.C. (1965).[5]
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 |
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 . There is also one train per day from Oban which calls here in the morning peak to Glasgow Queen Street. This operates via Maryhill.[7]