General information | |
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Location | Dalmarnock, Glasgow Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°50′33″N4°13′03″W / 55.8424°N 4.2176°W |
Grid reference | NS612631 |
Managed by | ScotRail |
Transit authority | SPT |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | DAK |
History | |
Original company | Glasgow Central Railway |
Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
Key dates | |
1 November 1895 [2] | Opened |
5 October 1964 [2] | Closed |
5 November 1979 [2] | Re-opened |
3 June 2012 | Temporarily closed for refurbishment |
23 May 2013 | Re-opened after refurbishment |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.414 million |
2019/20 | 0.420 million |
2020/21 | 72,720 |
2021/22 | 0.227 million |
2022/23 | 0.256 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Dalmarnock railway station,serving the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow,Scotland,lies on the Argyle Line,two and a quarter miles (3.6 km) southeast of Glasgow Central. The northern ends of the side platforms are within a tunnel (refer image). Revamped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games,the station is a 15-minute walk from the Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome,and Celtic football club's Celtic Park stadium at Parkhead. Due to this,The station is busy on matchdays and a queueing system takes place on Swanson Street
On the viaduct,at the north side of Dalmarnock Road,was the Caledonian Railway high-level station called Bridgeton. Opened on 1 April 1879, [3] on what was then the London Road branch,it closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895. [2]
The siding from the nearby rail yard to the gas works passed under the viaduct, above the current platform area, and across the Swanston Street level crossing. [4] All remnants have since been demolished. [5]
The low-level station closed on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe, but the station and tunnel remained intact.
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.
The station underwent a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, being handy to the athletes' village and several venues. [6] Lifts were installed and a new street-level entrance and ticket office constructed along with landscaping aimed at better connecting the station environs to the nearby River Clyde and Glasgow Green. [7] The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to reopen in November 2012, [8] but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013. [9]
Record rainfalls have often led to flooding of the station and closure for a period of several hours in 1903, [10] two days in 1907, [11] [12] several hours in 1935 with water reaching platform height, [13] one day for the whole underground in 1938, [14] several weeks in 2002, several hours in 2017 (images), [15] several hours in 2019, [16] and two days in 2020. [17]
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Passenger trains per hour [18] | ||||
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Direction | Terminus | Via | Mon–Sat | Sun (10am–6pm) |
Eastbound | Cumbernauld | Motherwell, Airbles | 1 | |
Motherwell | Hamilton Central or Whifflet | 2 | 3 | |
Larkhall | Hamilton Central | 2 | 1 | |
Whifflet | 1 | |||
Westbound | Dalmuir | Yoker or Singer | 2 | |
Milngavie | 2 | 2 | ||
Balloch | 2 | 2 |
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Rutherglen | ScotRail Argyle Line | Bridgeton | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Rutherglen | Caledonian Railway Glasgow Central Railway | Bridgeton Cross | ||
Rutherglen | Caledonian Railway London Road branch | London Road |
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