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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
LocationBalloch, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates56.0021°N 4.5831°W / 56.0021; -4.5831
Grid referenceNS389818
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeBHC[2]
Key dates
24 April 1988Opened 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 Central station, seen in 1961
Balloch Central station, seen in 1961

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 12 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


A ScotRail Class 320 waiting at Balloch
A ScotRail Class 320 waiting at Balloch

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


  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. pp. .page. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  4. Butt, R.V.J., (1995)
  5. Strathclyde: the Review after the strike Modern Railways issue 445 December 1985 pages 650-651
  6. Balloch opens for business Rail issue 82 July 1988 page 15
  7. News & Notes: Balloch rebuilt The Railway Magazine issue 1049 September 1988 page 556
  8. OS Explorer Map 347 'Loch Lomond South'
  9. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  10. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  11. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206

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