Helensburgh Upper railway station

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Parameter validation".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "check for deprecated parameters". Helensburgh Upper railway station (Template:Langx) serves the town of Helensburgh, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde to the west of Glasgow. It is located in a residential area uphill from the town centre and is by far the smaller of the town's two stations. It is on the West Highland Line, Script error: No such module "convert". from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh, the first station on the line before Garelochhead.[1] ScotRail manage the station and operate most services, with others provided by Caledonian Sleeper.

History

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The station seen in 1985

The station opened in 1894.[2]

Originally built with an island platform in a cutting, the Up platform was taken out of use in 1968 although the station building remained in use for another few years. Until the 1960s, the station was served by a local shuttle service between Craigendoran and Template:Rws in addition to main line trains to Fort William and Mallaig. Latterly operated by a Wickham diesel railbus, it fell victim to the Beeching Axe in 1964.[3]

Location

The station is within a short walk of the Hill House, built by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and now preserved by the National Trust for Scotland. By using Helensburgh Upper station to visit the Hill House, visitors can avoid the walk uphill from Helensburgh Central railway station. However, Helensburgh Upper has an infrequent train service compared with that available to and from Helensburgh Central.[4][5]

Facilities

The single platform is equipped with a shelter, a bench, a help point and bike racks. The station has step-free access.[6] 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 Helensburgh Upper[7]
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 148 213 173 600 17,025 22,444 23,294 23,466 14,204 14,072 11,964 15,731 15,127 14,276 14,432 14,046 13,372 1,520 6,916 9,320
Interchanges –Template:Refn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,947 285 1,073 737

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Monday to Saturday, there are six services to Oban and three to Mallaig (the latter combined with Oban portions, dividing at Template:Rws), and one service to Fort William (the Highland Caledonian Sleeper, weekday mornings only) northbound. Southbound, there are six services to Glasgow Queen Street High Level and one service to London Euston via Queen Street Low Level & Edinburgh Waverley (the Highland Caledonian Sleeper - does not run on Saturday).

On Sundays, there are two trains northbound to Mallaig, the Caledonian Sleeper to Fort William and one extra to Oban only, plus an extra summer service to Oban; Southbound there are three trains southbound to Glasgow Queen Street. In summer months, the extra summer Sunday service returns to Edinburgh, avoiding Glasgow.[5][8][9]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Dumbarton Central 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
West Highland 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;" |   Garelochhead
Dumbarton Central style="background:#Template:CS color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Sleeper 		style="background:#Template:CS color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Garelochhead
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Craigendoran Upper
Line open; Station partially closed 		  North British Railway
West Highland Railway
   Rhu (Row)
Line open; Station closed

Notes


References

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  3. ↑ "The 'Wee Arrochar'" Template:WebarchiveHelensburgh Heritage Trust website; Retrieved 27 April 2016
  4. ↑ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206
  5. ↑ a b eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 218
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  8. ↑ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218
  9. ↑ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 220

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Bibliography

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External links

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