Cardross railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cardross, Scotland. The station is 19 miles 50 chains (31.6 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill.[5] It is on the North Clyde Line between Dalreoch and Craigendoran, positioned on the banks of the north side of the River Clyde. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all services.

Cardross Scottish Gaelic: Càrdanros[1]
General information
Location	Cardross, Argyll and Bute Scotland
Coordinates	55.9601°N 4.6526°W / 55.9601; -4.6526
Grid reference	NS344773
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CDR[2]
Fare zone	D3
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
28 May 1858[3]	Station opened
1960	Electric train service commenced
Passengers
2016/17	0.145 million
2017/18	0.143 million
2018/19	0.145 million
2019/20	0.121 million
2020/21	68,212
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated	23 February 1996
Reference no.	LB42918[4]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway on 28 May 1858.[3] The line was electrified in 1960.[6] There were some goods sidings here previously - possibly built in the late 1940s - but these were removed in the mid-1960s with the end of regular freight movements on the line.[7]

Facilities

The station is well equipped with shelters, help points and benches on both platforms, as well as a ticket office on bike racks on platform 1, with a car park adjacent. Both platforms have step-free access, and are linked by both a footbridge and a level crossing. Platform 1 unusually has five different points of access, plus others from platform 2, via the footbridge.[8]

Passenger volume

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

On weekdays & Saturdays, there is a typically half-hourly service westbound to Helensburgh Central, and eastbound to Edinburgh Waverley, via Glasgow Queen Street low-level and Airdrie, which skips stations between Dalmuir and Hyndland. On Sundays, the service remains half-hourly, but trains serve all stations via Singer. Trains operating to the West Highland Line do not stop here, except for one departure in the morning, which runs to Glasgow Queen Street via Maryhill.[10]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dalreoch		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Craigendoran
	Historical railways
Dalreoch Line and Station open		Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway North British Railway		Craigendoran Line and Station open

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.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

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