Dalmarnock railway station

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Dalmarnock National Rail
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Dalmarnock station, looking towards the tunnel
Location
Place Dalmarnock
Local authority Glasgow
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference NS612631
Operations
Station code DAK
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  48,618
2005/06 Increase 58,081
2006/07 Increase 61,109
2007/08 Increase 61,209
2008/09 Increase 79,876
2009/10 Decrease 77,290
2010/11 Decrease 76,982
2011/12 Increase 79,560
2012/13 Decrease 21,506 Reduction due to station refurbishment
2013/14 Increase 100,360
2014/15 Increase 217,120
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
Original company Glasgow Central Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
1 November 1895[1] Opened
5 October 1964[1] Closed
5 November 1979[1] Re-opened
3 June 2012 Temporarily closed for refurbishment
23 May 2013 Re-opened after refurbishment
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalmarnock from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Railways:

Dalmarnock railway station serves the area of Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland. It is a station on the Argyle Line, 2¼ miles (4 km) south east of Glasgow Central. The northern part of the station is situated in a tunnel (as seen in the image). The station underwent a revamp for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

History

Adjacent was a high level station which was opened on 24 June 1841[1] and closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895.[1] This iron bridge (crossing the A749 adjacent to Swanston Street) was removed in June 2009; however, the original embankments remain. This route belonged to the Caledonian Railway and was referred to as The Switchback.

Locale

The station is fifteen minutes' walk away from Celtic football club's Parkhead stadium. This is the second station to bear this name.

Station refurbishment

The station is currently undergoing a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games due to its close proximity to site of the athletes' village and several venues.[2] Lifts will be installed and a new street-level entrance and ticket office will be constructed. The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to re-open in November 2012,[3] but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013.[4]

Services

1979

At the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979, the station was served by six trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays. in the westerly direction all went to Dalmuir, with three via Yoker and three via Singer. Two of these were extended to Dumbarton Central. In the easterly direction all trains travelled around the Hamilton Circle to Motherwell three in the clockwise direction passing through Bellshill prior to Motherwell and three passing through Hamilton Central first. The limited stop Milngavie to/from Lanark trains did not stop at Dalmarnock.


File:Dalmarnock station geograph-3398760-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Class 314 EMU leaving on a Dalmuir - Coatbridge service in 1997

2015

Monday to Saturdays, four trains per hour head westbound towards Glasgow Central and beyond (Milngavie and Dalmuir) and four trains per hour go eastbound towards either Motherwell via the Hamilton Circle or Whifflet. There is now a Sunday service with trains calling between 10am and 6pm,

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Rutherglen   Abellio ScotRail
Argyle Line
  Bridgeton
Historical railways
Rutherglen   Glasgow Central Railway
Caledonian Railway
  Bridgeton
Rutherglen   The Switchback
Caledonian Railway
  London Road

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Butt (1995), page 76
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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