Bowling railway station

Bowling
Location
Place Bowling
Local authority West Dunbartonshire
Operations
Station code BWG
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 * 151,079
2004/05 * 113,682
2005/06 * 129,518
2006/07 * 113,598
2007/08 * 121,129
2008/09 * 98,920
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
Original company Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping CR and NBR
Post-grouping LMS and LNER
31 May 1858[1] Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bowling from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway see Bowling (L&D) railway station.
For the station on the former Great Northern Railway in England see Bowling railway station (West Yorkshire)

Bowling railway station is a railway station serving the village of Bowling in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. This station is on the North Clyde Line, 20 km (12ΒΌ miles) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

The station is managed by First ScotRail who also provide the train service.

The station was made famous by a painting by the renowned railway artist, the late Terence Cuneo, who depicted a then new Blue train (Class 303) heading westbound into Bowling, passing a steam engine, which the 303 had replaced, in a siding.

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Services

2006/07

There is a daily half hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (usually Airdrie) and westbound to Balloch.

2010/11

There is a daily half hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (usually Edinburgh Waverley) and westbound to Balloch.[2] During the operation of the interim timetable until sufficient Class 380 had entered service, the eastbound service terminated at Airdrie.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kilpatrick   First ScotRail

North Clyde Line

   Dumbarton East
Historical railways
Kilpatrick
Line and station open		   North British Railway

Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway

   Line continues as C&DJR
Line continues as GD&HR   Caledonian & North British Railway

Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway

   Dumbarton Central
Line closed; Station open

References

Notes

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 41.
  2. ^ "National Rail Timetable 226; December 2010". http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec10/timetables/Table226.pdf. Retrieved 17 November 2010. 
  3. ^ "Interim timetable: Edinburgh to/from Helensburgh MONDAY TO FRIDAY Service". http://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/A2B_TT_Mon-Fri.pdf. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 

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