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Singer railway station is a two-platformed staffed station serving
Constructed in 1907, Singer station took its name from the huge
Singer is served by trains on the half-hourly, all day Monday to Saturdays, on both the Argyle and North Clyde lines. This means Monday to Saturday there is a train every 15 minutes to central Glasgow (alternately to Queen Street L.L. and Central L.L.). Destinations served include , , Dalmuir and .GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 226 There is also one train per day from Oban which calls here in the morning peak to Glasgow Queen Street, This operates via Maryhill and avoids Partick altogether.
On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service to Glasgow Queen Street served by trains on the North Clyde Line to
RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
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Clydebank
Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling and Milton beyond) to the west, and the Yoker and Drumchapel ...
town centre, West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire ( sco, Wast Dunbairtonshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar, ) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the west of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's commuter to ...
, Scotland
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. It is located on the Argyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. The line serves the commercial and shopping districts of Glasgow's central area, and connects towns from West Dunbartonshire to South Lanarkshire. Named for Glasgow's Argyl ...
, west of and the North Clyde Line
The North Clyde Line (defined by Network Rail as the ''Glasgow North Electric Suburban'' line) is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by ScotRail Trains. As a result of the incorporation of the Airdrie–Bathga ...
, west of .
Passenger services are provided by ScotRail
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on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a regional transport partnership for the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. It is responsible for planning and coordinating regional transport, especially the public transport system in the ar ...
.
History
Constructed in 1907, Singer station took its name from the huge Singer sewing machine
Singer Corporation is an American manufacturer of consumer sewing machines, first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac M. Singer with New York lawyer Edward C. Clark. Best known for its sewing machines, it was renamed Singer Manu ...
factory that it was built to serve.Butt (1995): Page 212 The station is located on a section of track that was realigned to make space for the factory. In addition to this station (still in use today), the original station, which was titled Singer Works, and previously called Kilbowie Road (Old), once boasted six bay platform
In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms.
Overview
Bay and isl ...
s for the many workers' trains that ran there. Regular works trains ended in 1967 and the bay platforms, and indeed the factory, have long since gone.
Until 2002, Singer was the nearest station to Kilbowie Park
Kilbowie Park, also known as New Kilbowie Park, was a football stadium in Clydebank, Scotland. It was the home ground of Clydebank.
New Kilbowie was built for Clydebank Juniors in 1939. In 1964, Clydebank merged with East Stirlingshire and ent ...
, former home of Clydebank F.C. (1965)
Clydebank Football Club was a Scottish Association football, football club based in the town of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. The fourth entity to carry the name, Clydebank were formed in 1965 following the relocation of ''East Stirlingshire C ...
Services
Singer is served by trains on the half-hourly, all day Monday to Saturdays, on both the Argyle and North Clyde lines. This means Monday to Saturday there is a train every 15 minutes to central Glasgow (alternately to Queen Street L.L. and Central L.L.). Destinations served include , , Dalmuir and .GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 226 There is also one train per day from Oban which calls here in the morning peak to Glasgow Queen Street, This operates via Maryhill and avoids Partick altogether.
On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service to Glasgow Queen Street served by trains on the North Clyde Line to Edinburgh Waverley
Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; gd, Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the north ...
and .
References
* * * * McIntosh Gray, Alastair and Moffat, William (1989). ''A History of Scotland''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. .External links
RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Singer railway station video footage. SPT railway stations Railway stations in West Dunbartonshire Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1907 Railway stations served by ScotRail Clydebank {{Scotland-railstation-stub