Dalmarnock railway station
Dalmarnock railway station, serving the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow, Scotland, lies on the Argyle Line, two and a quarter miles (3.6 km) southeast of Glasgow Central. The northern ends of the side platforms are within a tunnel (refer image). Revamped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the station is a 15-minute walk from the Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, and Celtic football club's Celtic Park stadium at Parkhead.
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 Dalmarnock station (pre-2014 refurbishment), looking towards the tunnel | |
| Location | Dalmarnock, Glasgow Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°50′33″N 4°13′03″W |
| Grid reference | NS612631 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DAK |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Key dates | |
| 1 November 1895[2] | Opened |
| 5 October 1964[2] | Closed |
| 5 November 1979[2] | Re-opened |
| 3 June 2012 | Temporarily closed for refurbishment |
| 23 May 2013 | Re-opened after refurbishment |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.283 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.368 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.449 million |
| 2018/19 |  0.414 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.420 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
1879–1964 overview
On the viaduct, at the north side of Dalmarnock Road, was the Caledonian Railway high-level station called Bridgeton. Opened on 1 April 1879,[3] on what was then the London Road branch, it closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895.[2]
The siding from the nearby rail yard to the gas works passed under the viaduct, above the current platform area, and across the Swanston Street level crossing.[4] All remnants have since been demolished.[5]
The low-level station closed on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe, but the station and tunnel remained intact.
Flooding
Record rainfalls have often led to flooding of the station and closure for a period of several hours in 1903,[6] two days in 1907,[7][8] several hours in 1935 with water reaching platform height,[9] one day for the whole underground in 1938,[10] several weeks in 2002, several hours in 2017 (images),[11] several hours in 2019,[12] and two days in 2020.[13]
1979 reopening
At the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979, the station was served by six trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays. in the westerly direction all went to Dalmuir, with three via Yoker and three via Singer. Two of these were extended to Dumbarton Central. In the easterly direction all trains travelled around the Hamilton Circle to Motherwell three in the clockwise direction passing through Bellshill prior to Motherwell and three passing through Hamilton Central first. The limited stop Milngavie to/from Lanark trains did not stop at Dalmarnock.
Station refurbishment
The station underwent a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, being handy to the athletes' village and several venues.[14] Lifts were installed and a new street-level entrance and ticket office constructed along with landscaping aimed at better connecting the station environs to the nearby River Clyde and Glasgow Green.[15] The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to reopen in November 2012,[16] but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013.[17]
Services
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| Direction | Terminus | Via | Mon–Sat | Sun (10am–6pm) |
| Eastbound | Cumbernauld | Motherwell, Airbles | 1 | |
| Motherwell | Hamilton Central or Whifflet | 2 | 3 | |
| Larkhall | Hamilton Central | 2 | 1 | |
| Whifflet | 1 | |||
| Westbound | Dalmuir | Yoker or Singer | 2 | |
| Milngavie | 2 | 2 | ||
| Balloch | 2 | 2 | ||
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Rutherglen | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Bridgeton | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Rutherglen | Caledonian Railway Glasgow Central Railway |
Bridgeton Cross | ||
| Rutherglen | Caledonian Railway London Road branch |
London Road | ||
Footnotes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt (1995), page 76
- Bradshaw's Railway Manual, 1881 , p. 38, at Google Books
- "Glasgow map, 1954". www.maps.nls.uk.
- "Dalmarnock Road viaduct, 2008". www.google.co.uk.
- "Scotsman, 10 Feb 1903". www.randomscottishhistory.com. p. 5.
- "Glasgow Herald, 17 Oct 1907". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
- "Glasgow Herald, 18 Oct 1907". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
- "Glasgow Herald, 25 Jun 1935". www.news.google.com. p. 11.
- "Glasgow Herald, 29 Jul 1938". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
- "Flooding at Dalmarnock Station, 13 May 2017". www.railforums.co.uk.
- "Herald Scotland, 11 Aug 2019". www.heraldscotland.com.
- "Inews, 16 Feb 2020". www.inews.co.uk.
- "Revamp funding for Game station". BBC. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- Diagonal - Glasgow, UK, Sheppard Robson
- "Dalmarnock Redevelopment". ScotRail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- "Station reopens after delay to £11m rebuild". Herald Scotland. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- "May 2020 NRT: Tables 225 & 226". www.networkrail.co.uk.
References
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- RAILSCOT on Glasgow Central Railway
- RAILSCOT on The Switchback Line