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Drumchapel railway station

Drumchapel

Scottish Gaelic: Druim a' Chaibeil[1]
National Rail
Train leaving Drumchapel Station 2014.JPG
Drumchapel railway station, with a train departing the westbound platform
LocationDrumchapel, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°54′17″N 4°21′47″W / 55.9047°N 4.3630°W
Grid referenceNS523704
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDMC
Passengers
2015/16Increase 0.385 million
2016/17Decrease 0.360 million
2017/18Decrease 0.344 million
2018/19Decrease 0.337 million
2019/20Decrease 0.324 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Drumchapel railway station serves the Drumchapel, Blairdardie and Old Drumchapel areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.

The station is situated on Garscadden Road. It has a car park facility as well as a bus terminus.

Facilities

The station has a small car park with an assortment of spaces (including a car parking block) and an unmanned ticket office with usual operating hours.[2]

Services

On Mondays-Saturdays, trains between Balloch & Airdrie stop each way every 30 minutes. In addition to these North Clyde Line services, there are two Argyle Line trains per hour between Dalmuir and Glasgow Central (Low Level) – these come from Motherwell or Whifflet northbound but run southbound to Larkhall. Sundays see a half-hourly service to Edinburgh via Airdrie and to Helensburgh Central.[3]

The station is situated on the suburban Glasgow portion of the West Highland Way Line. However, none of these services stop here.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Westerton Abellio ScotRail
Argyle Line
Drumry
Westerton Abellio ScotRail
North Clyde Line
Drumry

References

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/DMC.aspx
  3. ^ GB eNRT 2016 Edition, Table 226

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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.


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