Alexandria railway station
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| Alexandria railway station, which stands in the middle of a roundabout in the one way system in Alexandria | |
| Location | |
| Place | Alexandria |
| Local authority | West Dunbartonshire |
| Coordinates | 55°59′07″N 4°34′38″W / 55.9853°N 4.5773°WCoordinates: 55°59′07″N 4°34′38″W / 55.9853°N 4.5773°W |
| Grid reference | NS393799 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ALX |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
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Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 |
 0.276 million |
| 2005/06 |
0.305 million |
| 2006/07 |
 0.295 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.298 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.333 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.343 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.346 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.348 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway and North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR and LNER |
| 15 July 1850[1] | Station opened |
| January 1935 | Renamed Alexandria and Bonhill |
| 1962 | Renamed Alexandria |
| 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 Alexandria from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Alexandria railway station is a railway station serving the town of Alexandria, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 18¾ miles (30 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.
History
Opened by the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway on 15 July 1850,[1] it became part of a joint London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway line during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Railways.
Services
There is a half-hourly daily service from Alexandria to Balloch northbound and Glasgow Queen Street southbound.
Services continue from Glasgow to Airdrie on Monday to Saturday daytimes and Springburn on evenings and Sundays to Motherwell.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Renton | First ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Balloch | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Renton | CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway |
Balloch Central | ||
References
Notes
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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
- RAILSCOT on the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway