Dalmuir railway station

Dalmuir
Dail Mhoire
The Yoker route platforms
Location
Place	Dalmuir
Local authority	West Dunbartonshire
Coordinates	55°54′43″N 4°25′37″W / 55.912°N 4.427°W / 55.912; -4.427Coordinates: 55°54′43″N 4°25′37″W / 55.912°N 4.427°W / 55.912; -4.427
Operations
Station code	DMR
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	5
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.459 million
2004/05 *	0.536 million
2005/06 *	0.621 million
2006/07 *	0.623 million
2007/08 *	0.618 million
2008/09 *	0.888 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway & Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalmuir from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Dalmuir railway station is a railway station serving the Dalmuir area of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is a large, five platform interchange between the Argyle Line, North Clyde Line and West Highland Line.

The station is very close to the Dalmuir drop lock on the Forth and Clyde Canal.

History

Station layout

There are four through platforms, two on the Yoker branch (on the former Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway), two on the Singer branch (on the former Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway) and a bay platform from the Yoker branch constructed as part of the Argyle Line works in 1979. Trains terminating from the Singer branch reverse in a siding to the west of the station.

Services

View from Duntocher Road

Passenger services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Services provided at Dalmuir include terminating services, Helensburgh Central and Balloch; Eastbound include services via Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central (Low Level).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Singer		First ScotRail Argyle Line		Terminus
Clydebank		First ScotRail Argyle Line
Singer		First ScotRail North Clyde Line		Kilpatrick
Clydebank		First ScotRail North Clyde Line
Glasgow Queen Street		First ScotRail West Highland Line		Dumbarton Central
Westerton		First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Helensburgh Upper
	Historical railways
Singer Line and station open		North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway		Kilpatrick Line and station open
Singer Works Line partially open; station closed		North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Clydebank Line and station open		North British Railway Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway		Terminus

References

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• 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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• RAILSCOT on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
• RAILSCOT on the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway