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Dalmarnock railway station, serving the

area of

, Scotland, lies on the

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, southeast of Glasgow Central. The northern ends of the

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s are within a tunnel (refer image). Revamped for the

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, the station is a 15-minute walk from the

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, and

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stadium at

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History

1879–1964 overview

On the viaduct, at the north side of Dalmarnock Road, was the Caledonian Railway high-level station called Bridgeton. Opened on 1 April 1879, on what was then the London Road branch, it closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895. 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. All remnants have since been demolished. The low-level station closed on 5 October 1964 as a result of the

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, but the station and tunnel remained intact.

1979 reopening

At the opening of the

in November 1979, the station was served by six trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays. in the westerly direction all went to , with three via and three via . Two of these were extended to . In the easterly direction all trains travelled around the Hamilton Circle to three in the clockwise direction passing through prior to Motherwell and three passing through first. The limited stop to/from trains did not stop at Dalmarnock.

Station refurbishment

The station underwent a full revamp in time for the

, being handy to the athletes' village and several venues.

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s 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 The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...

and

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. The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to reopen in November 2012, but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013.

Flooding

Record rainfalls have often led to flooding of the station and closure for a period of several hours in 1903, two days in 1907, several hours in 1935 with water reaching platform height, one day for the whole underground in 1938, several weeks in

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, several hours in 2017 (images), several hours in 2019, and two days in 2020.

Services

Footnotes

References

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External links

Record and images for Dalmarnock Station at Canmore.org.uk
{{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Railway stations in Glasgow SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1895 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1895 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1979 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain Beeching closures in Scotland Former Caledonian Railway stations Bridgeton–Calton–Dalmarnock