Craigendoran railway station

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Craigendoran railway station (Template:Langx) is a railway station serving Craigendoran, east of Helensburgh, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail, which operates all services at the station. It is located on the North Clyde Line between Helensburgh Central and Cardross, west of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill. West Highland Line trains used to call here but no longer do following the closure of the upper platforms.

History

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Craigendoran Pier in 2007 from the Clyde

Originally opened by the North British Railway on 15 May 1882, at one time the station had five platforms: two as an island platform on the West Highland Line - sometimes called Craigendoran Upper (opened in 1894 and closed in 1964, subsequently demolished), one on Craigendoran Pier serving Clyde Steamers (closed in 1972 and lifted) and two on the line to Helensburgh (one closed when the line was singled).Template:Sfn All five platforms, bar those for the West Highland Line, were electrified. There were once goods sidings located in here, built in the 1940s, but these were removed in 1964 with the end of regular local freight workings.

The track layout at Craigendoran Junction was simplified in 1984 under the auspices of British Rail, singling the line to Helensburgh Central. The present layout at the junction, just east of the station, consists of a loop (available to West Highland Line trains only) and single lines to Helensburgh Upper and Helensburgh Central. The line south of here towards Template:Rws remains double track.

Facilities

The station is equipped with a shelter (which is accessed by some steps), a bench and bike racks, as well as a car park, accessed over the footbridge. The only step-free access to the station is from Dennistoun Crescent. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Craigendoran

	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	131,146	148,508	162,922	158,599	180,486	200,914	194,718	198,606	195,522	193,958	208,894	170,944	152,756	136,294	137,522	119,170	127,380	70,988	122,892	141,704

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

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
Cardross	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;" |	Helensburgh Central
	Historical railways
Junction with GD&HR		North British Railway West Highland Railway		Helensburgh Upper
Cardross		North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway		Helensburgh Central

Gallery

Craigendoran station entrance in 1994

Craigendoran station entrance in 1994

Current station entrance

Current station entrance

Platform at Craigendoran

Platform at Craigendoran

Train arriving into Craigendoran bound for Edinburgh

Train arriving into Craigendoran bound for Edinburgh

Class 318 at Craigendoran station

Class 318 at Craigendoran station

External links

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