Dalmarnock railway station

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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.

1979 reopening

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.

Station refurbishment

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]

Flooding

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]

Services

Dalmarnock

Scottish Gaelic: Dail Meàrnaig [1]
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Dalmarnock station (pre-2014 refurbishment), looking towards the tunnel
General information
Location Dalmarnock, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates 55°50′33″N4°13′03″W / 55.8424°N 4.2176°W / 55.8424; -4.2176
Grid reference NS612631
Managed by ScotRail
Transit authority SPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDAK
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 2012Temporarily closed for refurbishment
23 May 2013Re-opened after refurbishment
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 0.414 million
Railways in the Parkhead area
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Alexandra Parade
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Kennyhill Goods
Haghill Goods
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Duke Street
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Haghill Junction
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Parkhead Forge Siding (SB CR)
(GCR)
Bridgeton
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Parkhead Forge Junction
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London Road Goods
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London Road Junction
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Dalmarnock
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(GCR)
Bridgeton Goods
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Parkhead Stadium
(GCR)
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Railways
CB NBR
Coatbridge Branch (NBR)
CoGUR
City of Glasgow Union Railway (Joint G&SWR and NBR)
GCR
Glasgow Central Railway (CR)
SB CR
The Switchback (CR)
Passenger trains per hour [18]
DirectionTerminusViaMon–SatSun (10am–6pm)
Eastbound Cumbernauld Motherwell, Airbles 1
Motherwell Hamilton Central or Whifflet 23
Larkhall Hamilton Central 21
Whifflet 1
Westbound Dalmuir Yoker or Singer 2
Milngavie 22
Balloch 22
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Rutherglen   ScotRail
Argyle Line
  Bridgeton
  Historical railways  
Rutherglen   Caledonian Railway
Glasgow Central Railway
  Bridgeton Cross
Rutherglen   Caledonian Railway
London Road branch
 London Road

Footnotes

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 76
  3. Bradshaw's Railway Manual, 1881 , p. 38, at Google Books
  4. "Glasgow map, 1954". www.maps.nls.uk.
  5. "Dalmarnock Road viaduct, 2008". www.google.co.uk.
  6. "Revamp funding for Game station". BBC. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  7. Diagonal - Glasgow, UK, Sheppard Robson
  8. "Dalmarnock Redevelopment". ScotRail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  9. "Station reopens after delay to £11m rebuild". Herald Scotland. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  10. "Scotsman, 10 Feb 1903". www.randomscottishhistory.com. p. 5.
  11. "Glasgow Herald, 17 Oct 1907". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
  12. "Glasgow Herald, 18 Oct 1907". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
  13. "Glasgow Herald, 25 Jun 1935". www.news.google.com. p. 11.
  14. "Glasgow Herald, 29 Jul 1938". www.news.google.com. p. 6.
  15. "Flooding at Dalmarnock Station, 13 May 2017". www.railforums.co.uk.
  16. "Herald Scotland, 11 Aug 2019". www.heraldscotland.com.
  17. "Inews, 16 Feb 2020". www.inews.co.uk.
  18. "May 2020 NRT: Tables 225 & 226". www.networkrail.co.uk.

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