Cardross railway station

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Cardross railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cardross, Scotland. The station is from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill. It is on the North Clyde Line between Dalreoch and Craigendoran, positioned on the banks of the north side of the River Clyde. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all services.

History

The station was opened by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway on 28 May, 31 May,Template:Sfn or 7 June 1858.Template:Sfn The line was electrified in 1960. There were some goods sidings here previously - possibly built in the late 1940s - but these were removed in the mid-1960s with the end of regular freight movements on the line.

Facilities

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A Class 320 EMU calls at Cardross in 2009

The station is well equipped with shelters, help points and benches on both platforms, as well as a ticket office on bike racks on platform 1, with a car park adjacent. Both platforms have step-free access, and are linked by both a footbridge and a level crossing. Platform 1 unusually has five different points of access, plus others from platform 2, via the footbridge.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Cardross

	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	156,692	186,479	196,675	194,365	204,476	238,070	226,918	227,656	230,504	227,026	227,826	180,394	164,610	145,004	142,808	145,428	121,228	68,212	110,812	126,248

The statistics cover twelve-month periods that start in April.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour Mondays to Saturdays is:

• 2 tph to Edinburgh Waverley via Glasgow Queen Street (semi-fast)
• 2 tph to Helensburgh Central

There is also a single additional train in the morning to Glasgow Queen Street (high level), which originates from Oban on the West Highland line. Otherwise, trains from this line usually pass through without stopping, and passengers need to change at Dumbarton Central.

On Sundays, the same service operates at the same frequency, but trains heading to Edinburgh Waverley serve all stations via Singer

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Dalreoch	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	ScotRail North Clyde Line	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Craigendoran
	Historical railways
Dalreoch Line and Station open		Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway North British Railway		Craigendoran Line and Station open

External links

• Train times and station information for Cardross railway station from National Rail