Balloch Pier railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Balloch Pier
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caption = Balloch Pier station in 1976
line = Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
manager = Caledonian Railway & North British Railway
locale = Balloch
borough = Dunbartonshire
years = 15 July 1850
events = Opened
years1 = 28 September 1986
events1 = Closed
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platforms = 1

Balloch Pier railway station was a railway station serving the southern end of Loch Lomond on the northern edge of Balloch in Scotland.

It was closed on 28 September 1986cite web|title=List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2006/feb/closuredatesformerbrstations/listofclosuredatestopassenge2682|accessdate=2008-08-09|publisher=Department for Transport|year=2006|work=Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006] as a result of the 1984 Strathclyde Rail Review.Butt, R.V.J., (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations". Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.] N/A (1984). "Strathclyde: the Review after the strike". In: Modern Railways, Vol. 42, No. 445, December 1985, Pages 650-651] The steamer service on Loch Lomond provided by the PS Maid of the Loch had ceased several years earlier. Rail services had been provided to connect with sailings.

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