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Dalreoch

Scottish Gaelic: An Dail Riabhach
National Rail
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Location Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°56′50″N 4°34′37″W / 55.9472°N 4.5770°W / 55.9472; -4.5770
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code DLR
Fare zone D2
History
Original company Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Dumbarton and Balloch Railway
Post-grouping Dumbarton and Balloch Railway
Key dates
15 July 1850 Station opened
28 May 1858 Helensburgh line opened
Traffic
Passengers (2017/18) Decrease 0.295 million
Passengers (2018/19) Decrease 0.292 million
Passengers (2019/20) Decrease 0.279 million
Passengers (2020/21) Decrease 42,802
Passengers (2021/22) Increase 0.133 million

Dalreoch railway station serves the west end of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. The station is 16 miles 38 chains (26.5 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill.

History

Dalreoch railway station in 2008
The junction at Dalreoch - the line diverging to the right becomes single track and heads to Balloch. The line to the left runs to Helensburgh Central, or onto the West Highland Line and to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig.

The Caledonian and Dumbartonshire [sic] Junction Railway (C&DJR) was opened in 1850, and Dalreoch railway station opened on 15 July 1850. The station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway (GD&HR) on 28 May 1858. The tunnel at the west end of the station, on the route to Helensburgh, was doubled in 1896 at a cost of £400,000 - the last section of the line to be doubled.

The line was electrified in 1960. Services on the Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire Railway route to Possil via Dalmuir Riverside ended in October 1964 when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe.

Facilities

The station is equipped with a ticket office on platform 2, the latter adjacent to the car park and bike racks. Both platforms have benches, help points and shelters. The platforms are linked by a footbridge, so only platform 2 has step-free access.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Dalreoch
2002-03 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Entries and exits 316,146 303,851 321,643 313,186 318,398 331,162 315,876 337,210 322,230 318,230 391,096 390,800 397,382 364,594 294,780 291,698 278,512 42,802

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

On weekdays & Saturdays, there is a typically half-hourly service westbound to Helensburgh Central and Balloch each, and half-hourly eastbound to either Edinburgh Waverley (via Glasgow Queen Street low-level, non-stop between Dalmuir and Hyndland) or Airdrie (calling at all stations via Singer). On Sundays, the service remains half-hourly, but two trains per hour serve all stations via Singer, while the other two serve all stations via Yoker, the latter heading to either Larkhall via Hamilton Central, or Motherwell via Whifflet (i.e., hourly trains on both routes).

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Dumbarton Central   {{{route1}}}   Cardross
  {{{route2}}}   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
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