Dumbarton East railway station
Dumbarton East railway station serves the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 15 miles (24 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.
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 Dumbarton East railway station's slightly neglected state | |
| Location | Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.9426°N 4.5542°W |
| Grid reference | NS405750 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DBE |
| History | |
| Original company | Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1896 | Opened[2] |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.431 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.449 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.422 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.453 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.428 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
Unlike the majority of the North Clyde line stations, this is an island platform, betraying its Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway origins. At the time of electrification by British Railways in 1961, the North British Railway's formation from Bowling was abandoned (except a short spur to serve Bowling Oil Terminal), with a short link line between the North British and Caledonian formations being constructed. The North British formation is regained between Dumbarton East and Dumbarton Central station at the site of the junction between the two railways.
Services
2008
Four trains per hour daily go eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond and a half-hourly service westbound to both Balloch and Helensburgh Central respectively.
2016
There are now six departures per hour from here in each direction (Mon-Sat). Westbound trains still run to Balloch and Helensburgh Central, but 2tph terminate at Dumbarton Central. Eastbound trains run to Cumbernauld via Clydebank, Airdrie via Singer and Edinburgh Waverley (express via Clydebank). The Sunday service remains the same as in 2008, with 2tph to Edinburgh and 2tph to Glasgow Central and then onward alternately to Larkhall and Motherwell via Whifflet eastbound and 2tph each to Balloch and Helensburgh westbound.[3]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling or Dalmuir | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Dumbarton Central | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Bowling (L&D) Line partially in use; Station closed |
Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway |
Dumbarton Central Line open; Station open | ||
References
Notes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt (1995), page 84
- Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway