Dalmarnock railway station

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Dalmarnock railway station, serving the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow, Scotland, lies on the Argyle Line, Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Glasgow Central. The northern ends of the side platforms are within a tunnel (refer image). Revamped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the station is a 15-minute walk from the Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, and Celtic football club's Celtic Park stadium at Parkhead. Due to this, The station is busy on matchdays and a queueing system takes place on Swanson Street

History

1879–1964 overview

On the viaduct, at the north side of Dalmarnock Road, was the Caledonian Railway high-level station called Bridgeton. Opened on 1 April 1879,[1] on what was then the London Road branch, it closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895.[2] Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".

The siding from the nearby rail yard to the gas works passed under the viaduct, above the current platform area, and across the Swanston Street level crossing.[3] All remnants have since been demolished.[4]

The low-level station closed on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe, but the station and tunnel remained intact.

1979 reopening

At the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979, the station was served by six trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays. in the westerly direction all went to Dalmuir, with three via Yoker and three via Singer. Two of these were extended to Dumbarton Central. In the easterly direction all trains travelled around the Hamilton Circle to Motherwell three in the clockwise direction passing through Bellshill prior to Motherwell and three passing through Hamilton Central first. The limited stop Milngavie to/from Lanark trains did not stop at Dalmarnock.

Station refurbishment

The station underwent a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, being handy to the athletes' village and several venues.[5] Lifts were installed and a new street-level entrance and ticket office constructed along with landscaping aimed at better connecting the station environs to the nearby River Clyde and Glasgow Green.[6] The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to reopen in November 2012,[7] but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013.[8]

Flooding

Record rainfalls have often led to flooding of the station and closure for a period of several hours in 1903,[9] two days in 1907,[10][11] several hours in 1935 with water reaching platform height,[12] one day for the whole underground in 1938,[13] several weeks in 2002, several hours in 2017 (images),[14] several hours in 2019,[15] and two days in 2020.[16]

Services

On weekdays and Saturdays, There is 6 trains per each way from Dalmarnock, Westbound, There 6 is trains per hour to Dalmuir(4 via Singer and 2 via Yoker), A few peak time and late evening services terminate at Garscadden. Eastbound, There is 3 trains per hour to Motherwell(2 via Hamilton and 1 via Whifflet) whilst 1 trains an hour to Whifflet and 2 trains an hour to Larkhall also run. On Sunday's the service is broadly similar with 5 trains an hour each way Template:Routemap

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Argyle Line
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Rutherglen   Caledonian Railway
Glasgow Central Railway
   Bridgeton Cross
Rutherglen style="background:#Template:CR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Caledonian Railway
London Road branch
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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Template:Trim&pg=PA38 Bradshaw's Railway Manual, 1881 , p. 38, at Google Books
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  6. ↑ Diagonal - Glasgow, UK, Sheppard Robson
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External links

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