Alexandria railway station (Scotland)

For other uses of "Alexandria Station", see Alexandria Station (disambiguation).

Alexandria railway station serves the town of Alexandria, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the North Clyde Line. It is sited 19 miles 20 chains (31 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill, and is situated between Renton and Balloch.^{[3][page needed]}

Alexandria
View south towards Renton
General information
Location	Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9853°N 4.5773°W / 55.9853; -4.5773
Grid reference	NS393799
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	ALX[1]
History
Original company	Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway and North British Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR and LNER
Key dates
15 July 1850[2]	Station opened
January 1935	Renamed Alexandria and Bonhill
1962	Renamed Alexandria
Passengers
2019/20	0.233 million
2020/21	26,080
2021/22	0.111 million
2022/23	0.148 million
2023/24	0.177 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Looking north towards Balloch in 1994

Opened by the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway on 15 July 1850,^[2] it became part of a joint London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway line during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The line through the station was double until 1973, but now only one track and platform are in use.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, it was reported locally that new signage, showing the way to the Vale of Leven Hospital, had been installed at the station and at Balloch.^[4]

Facilities

Looking south from the station, in 2012

Unlike Renton, the only other intermediate station on the Balloch line, Alexandria does have a ticket office and a car park. It also has a help point, bench and bike racks located on the platform, plus a payphone in the ticket office. Although the ticket office entrance from the car park is not step-free, there is step-free access to the platform (and from the platform to the ticket office).^[5]

Passenger volume

The main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Alexandria in the 2022–23 period was Glasgow Queen Street, making up 41,932 of the 148,340 journeys (28.3%).^[6]

Passenger volume at Alexandria^[6]

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	270,904	276,238	305,459	294,563	298,266	333,302	343,238	346,556	348,418	357,744	347,056	359,874	344,530	307,348	278,932	244,378	233,278	26,080	111,434	148,340

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour Mondays to Saturdays is:^[7]

• 2 tph to Airdrie via Singer and Glasgow Queen Street
• 2 tph to Balloch

The typical service on Sundays is:

• 1 tph to Motherwell via Yoker, Glasgow Central and Whifflet
• 1 tph to Larkhall via Yoker, Glasgow Central and Hamilton Central
• 2 tph to Balloch

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Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Renton		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Balloch
	Historical railways
Renton		CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway		Balloch Central