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Balloch railway station is a railway station serving the town of Balloch in Scotland. The station is a western terminus of the North Clyde Line, sited 20 miles 38 chains (33.0 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill.[3]

Balloch Scottish Gaelic: Am Bealach[1]
General information
Location	Balloch, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	56.0021°N 4.5831°W / 56.0021; -4.5831
Grid reference	NS389818
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BHC[2]
Key dates
24 April 1988	Opened by British Rail
Passengers
2016/17	0.543 million
2017/18	0.529 million
2018/19	0.554 million
2019/20	0.488 million
2020/21	67,320
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

History

Balloch station was opened by British Rail and SPTE on 24 April 1988, replacing the former Balloch Central station which was situated immediately north of a level crossing on Balloch Road.[4] Closure of this level crossing was made possible by the closure of the previous terminus station, Balloch Pier, in 1986. The station is located 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of where Balloch Pier station stood.[5][6] This relocation allowed the level crossing to be closed.[7]

Location

It lies within the boundary, by just over 150 metres (160 yd),[8] of the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park and provides one of few examples of an overhead electrified railway operating within a UK national park.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, an accessible toilet, a shelter, seats, a help point and bike racks. The station has a stepped entrance from Tulliwchewan Road, and three step-free entrances from Balloch Road, Lomond Road and Balloch Road. All of the station is step-free.[9]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Balloch[10]

	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
Entries and exits	463,350	486,973	552,343	554,798	571,658	600,764	539,450	546,924	552,912	559,570	516,450	553,606	546,584	543,006	529,196	554,282	487,734	67,320

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There is a half-hourly daily service to Airdrie on weekdays and Saturdays, and - on Sundays - to Motherwell (via Whifflet) or Larkhall (via Hamilton Central) alternately (i.e., hourly trains from Balloch to Motherwell/Larkhall).[11]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alexandria		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Terminus

References

Bibliography

• 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.
• "Balloch opens for business". RAIL. No. 82. EMAP National Publications. July 1988. p. 15. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.

External links

• Video footage of Balloch and Balloch Central Stations

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