Dumbreck railway station

Summary

Dumbreck railway station is a railway station in Dumbreck, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 1+34 miles (3 kilometres) west of Glasgow Central, close to the M77 motorway. It is accessed from the Nithsdale Road at the bridge over the railway. Dumbreck railway station is also the closest station for the Bellahouston Park.

Dumbreck

Scottish Gaelic: An Dùn Breac[1]
National Rail
Dumbreck station in 2008.
General information
LocationDumbreck, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′42″N 4°18′03″W / 55.8450°N 4.3008°W / 55.8450; -4.3008
Grid referenceNS560637
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDUM
History
Original companyBritish Rail
Key dates
28 July 1990Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.170 million
2019/20Increase 0.173 million
2020/21Decrease 55,936
2021/22Increase 89,830
2022/23Increase 0.119 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History edit

It was opened on 28 July 1990 at the same time as the reopening by British Rail of the Paisley Canal Line, which had closed to passengers in 1983. Dumbreck is situated close to the site of one of the original stations on the line, Bellahouston, which closed in 1954.

Services edit

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Paisley Canal.

There is an hourly service on Sundays.

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Corkerhill   ScotRail
Paisley Canal Line
  Glasgow Central

References edit

  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.

Sources edit

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • 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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links edit

  Media related to Dumbreck railway station at Wikimedia Commons