Dumbarton East railway station

Dumbarton East railway station serves the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 15 miles (24 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

Dumbarton East Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Breatann an Ear[1]
General information
Location	Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9426°N 4.5542°W / 55.9426; -4.5542
Grid reference	NS405750
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DBE
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 October 1896	Opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19	0.453 million
2019/20	0.428 million
2020/21	38,516
2021/22	0.191 million
2022/23	0.253 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Unlike the majority of the North Clyde line stations, this is an island platform, betraying its Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway origins. At the time of electrification by British Railways in 1961, the North British Railway's formation from Bowling was abandoned (except a short spur to serve Bowling Oil Terminal), with a short link line between the North British and Caledonian formations being constructed. The North British formation is regained between Dumbarton East and Dumbarton Central station at the site of the junction between the two railways.

Services

2008

Four trains per hour daily go eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond and a half-hourly service westbound to both Balloch and Helensburgh Central respectively.

2016

There are now six departures per hour from here in each direction (Mon-Sat). Westbound trains still run to Balloch and Helensburgh Central, but 2tph terminate at Dumbarton Central. Eastbound trains run to Cumbernauld via Clydebank, Airdrie via Singer and Edinburgh Waverley (express via Clydebank). The Sunday service remains the same as in 2008, with 2tph to Edinburgh and 2tph to Glasgow Central and then onward alternately to Larkhall and Motherwell via Whifflet eastbound and 2tph each to Balloch and Helensburgh westbound.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bowling or Dalmuir		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Dumbarton Central
	Historical railways
Bowling (L&D) Line partially in use; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway		Dumbarton Central Line open; Station open

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), page 84
3. Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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.
• RAILSCOT on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway

External links

• Video footage of Dumbarton East Railway Station
• Media related to Dumbarton East railway station at Wikimedia Commons