Dalreoch railway station

Dalreoch
Scottish Gaelic: An Dail Riabhach
Location
Place	Dalreoch
Local authority	West Dunbartonshire
Coordinates	55°56′49″N 4°34′41″W / 55.947°N 4.578°W / 55.947; -4.578Coordinates: 55°56′49″N 4°34′41″W / 55.947°N 4.578°W / 55.947; -4.578
Grid reference	NS37
Operations
Station code	DLR
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.316 million
2004/05 *	0.304 million
2005/06 *	0.322 million
2006/07 *	0.313 million
2007/08 *	0.318 million
2008/09 *	0.40 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Dumbarton and Balloch Railway
Post-grouping	Dumbarton and Balloch Railway
15 July 1850	Station opened
28 May 1858	Helensburgh line opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalreoch from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Dalreoch railway station is a railway station serving the Dalreoch area of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. The station is 26 km (16 mi) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

History

A 1903 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the whole of the Dumbarton and Balloch Railway, including Dalreoch railway station (centre bottom)

The Caledonian and Dumbartonshire [sic] Junction Railway (C&DJR) was opened in 1850,^[1] and Dalreoch railway station opened on 15 July 1850.^[2] The station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway (GD&HR) on 28 May 1858.

Although the GD&HR, after successive amalgamations, became part of the North British Railway (NBR) and so part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 Grouping, the C&DJR was purchased jointly by the NBR, the Caledonian Railway and the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire [sic] Railway (L&DR). Renamed the Dumbarton and Balloch Railway, it remained a joint line at the 1923 Grouping, but its owners were now the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and the LNER.^[1]

Due to the severe weather condition during Christmas and New Year period, damaged platform tactiles had to be temporarily removed for safety reasons. Network Rail plans to re-install them in future.^{[citation needed]}

Services

From Dalreoch daily four trains per hour head eastbound towards Glasgow Queen Street and westbound there is a half-hourly service to both Balloch and Helensburgh Central respectively.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dumbarton Central		First ScotRail North Clyde Line		Cardross
				Renton
	Historical railways
continuing line		North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway		Cardross Line and station open
Dumbarton Central Line and station open		CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway		Renton Line and station open

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Casserley 1968, p. 172
2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 76

Sources

• 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. 
• Casserley, H. C. (1968). Britain's Joint Lines. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7. 
• 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 Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway