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Dalmuir Dalmuir (; gd, Dail Mhoire) is an area northwest of Glasgow, Scotland, on the western side of Clydebank, and part of West Dunbartonshire Council Area. The name is a lowland Scots derivation of the Gaelic meaning Big Field. The area was ori ...

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 ...

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ScotRail ScotRail Trains Limited, trading as ScotRail ( gd, Rèile na h-Alba), is a Scottish train operating company that is publicly owned by Scottish Rail Holdings on behalf of the Scottish Government. It has been operating the ScotRail franchise ...

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Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway The Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway was a railway company that opened in 1882, giving a rail connection to shipyards and other industry that developed in what became Clydebank. At first it was a purely local line, connecting only at Stobcros ...

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North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

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Dalmuir railway station is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

serving the

area of

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 ...

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. It is a large, five-platform interchange between 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 ...

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and

West Highland Line The West Highland Line ( gd, Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean - "Iron Road to the Isles") is a railway line linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban in the Scottish Highlands to Glasgow in Central Scotland. The line was voted the top rail journey in th ...

. The station is very close to the Dalmuir drop lock on the

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History

The original two platform station located on Park Road, was the first stop after Maryhill Park on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway opened in May 1858. The station was relocated to its current location in 1897 by the

and enlarged to four platforms to accommodate the extension of the

from - the new line met the older one via immediately west of the original platforms at ''Dalmuir Park Junction'' after passing beneath the former GD&HR line a few yards to the east. The station was known as Dalmuir Park between 1952 and 1973 A fifth platform was added as part of the

expansion in 1979.

Station layout

There are four through platforms, two on the branch & two on the branch along with a terminal

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from the Yoker branch constructed as part of the

improvement works in 1979 under

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. Trains terminating from the Singer branch reverse in a turnback siding to the west of the station just past the junction. The two inner platforms link up at the north end of the station, where there were formerly two footbridges - one spanning each pair of lines. However these were dismantled in 2010 after being replaced by a new, fully disability-accessible bridge fitted with three lifts that links all five platforms. The other station buildings are

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-type structures erected in the early 1980s to replace the original stone ones.

Services

Passenger services are provided by

and Caledonian Sleeper. As befits a junction station with two alternative routes to the city and access to both main stations there ( Low Level and Glasgow Central (Low Level)) there are a wide range of destinations available. Northbound, there are 2 trains per hour each to both and via , plus a further 2tph that terminate at the latter. Generally services to Helensburgh & Balloch are nonstop to , with the intermediate stations served by the Dumbarton Central terminating trains. South/eastbound services are 2tph each to via , via and (since December 2010), all via Queen Street LL; and 2tph each to via Singer and via Yoker (of which 1tph extends to ), all via Central LL and the Argyle Line. Arrivals from the Argyle line however, are from Motherwell via Hamilton and Yoker (of which 1tph is from Cumbernauld via Coatbridge Central) and from Whifflet via Carmyle and Singer (of which 1tph is from Motherwell) rather than Larkhall. Following a major timetable recast in December 2014, through workings from here over the Argyle Line no longer directly serve stations via Bellshill to Lanark as they did previously, though connections are available by changing at . On Sundays there is a simplified pattern in operation - Helensburgh to Edinburgh via Singer and Queen St, and Balloch via Yoker and Central LL to either Larkhall or Motherwell via Whifflet (hourly by each route). In addition the station is the first (or last) stop for

services from Queen Street High Level to and via however there is one train per day from Oban which doesn't call here and passes through.GB NRT May 2016, Table 227 (Network Rail) The Highland Sleeper service also calls in each direction daily (except Saturday nights southbound and Sunday mornings northbound), giving the station a direct link to/from

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via the

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Video footage of Dalmuir railway station. {{Railway stations served by Caledonian Sleeper Railway stations in West Dunbartonshire Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858 Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway stations served by Caledonian Sleeper SPT railway stations Clydebank