Drumchapel railway station
Drumchapel  | |
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Drumchapel railway station, eastbound platform in 2006 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Drumchapel |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°54′17″N 4°21′47″W / 55.9047°N 4.3630°WCoordinates: 55°54′17″N 4°21′47″W / 55.9047°N 4.3630°W |
| Grid reference | NS523704 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DMC |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.244 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.293 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.300 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.309 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.350 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.356 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.371 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.387 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.405 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.376 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Drumchapel from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Drumchapel railway station serves the Drumchapel area of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.
The station is situated on Garscadden Road. It has a car park facility as well as a bus terminus.
Despite being named Drumchapel station, it is closer to Blairdardie and old Drumchapel.
Facilities
The station has a small car park with 29 spaces, 10 cycle stands, and a staffed ticket office during operating hours.[1]
Services
On Mondays-Saturdays, trains originate from Balloch with the destination being Airdrie, before 6pm,and Cumbernauld via Springburn, after 6pm. In addition to these North Clyde Line services, there are two Argyle Line trains per hour between Dalmuir and Central Low Level that call - these come from Larkhall northbound but run southbound to Whifflet (with hourly extensions to Motherwell). Sundays see a half-hourly service to Edinburgh via Airdrie and to Helensburgh Central.[2]
The station is situated on the West Highland Line. However, none of these services stop here.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westerton | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Drumry | ||
| Westerton | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Drumry | ||
References
- ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/DMC.aspx
- ↑ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 226
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
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