Drumchapel railway station
Drumchapel railway station serves the Drumchapel, Blairdardie and Old Drumchapel areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.
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 Drumchapel railway station, with a train departing the westbound platform | |
| General information | |
| Location | Drumchapel, Glasgow Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.9047°N 4.3630°W |
| Grid reference | NS523704 |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DMC |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 |  0.344 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.337 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.324 million |
| 2020/21 | 50,794 |
| 2021/22 |  0.191 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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 a staffed ticket office with usual operating hours. There is also a bus stop for the number 3 (formerly along with the number 16) operated by First Glasgow with services to Govan.[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 Line. However, none of these services stop here.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westerton | ScotRail Argyle Line |
Drumry | ||
| Westerton | ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Drumry | ||
References
- 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.
- "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Drumchapel".
- GB eNRT 2016 Edition, Table 226
Sources
- 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.
