Dumbarton East railway station

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Dumbarton East
Dumbarton East railway station's slightly neglected state
Location
Place Dumbarton
Local authority West Dunbartonshire
Operations
Managed by First ScotRail
Station code DBE
Platforms in use 2
Annual Passenger Usage
2002/03 * 239,511
2004/05 ** 276,104
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
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List of Strathclyde stations:
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Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dumbarton East.
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Dumbarton East railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line 24 km (15 miles) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

[edit] History

Unlike the majority of the North Clyde line stations, this is an island platform, betraying its Caledonian Railway origins. At the time of electrification in 1961, the North British Railway's formation from Bowling was abandoned (except a short spur to serve Bowling Oil Terminal), with a short link line between the North British and Caledonian formations being constructed. The North British formation is regained between Dumbarton East and Dumbarton Central station at the site of the junction between the two railways.

[edit] Services

Four trains per hour daily go eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond and a half-hourly service westbound to both Balloch and Helensburgh Central respectively.

[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 


  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Bowling   First ScotRail

North Clyde Line

   Dumbarton Central
Historical Railways
Bowling (L&D)
Line partially in use; Station closed		   Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway   Dumbarton Central
Line open; Station open