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Singer railway station is a two-platformed staffed station serving Clydebank town centre, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line, 7+12 miles (12.1 km) west of Glasgow Central and the North Clyde Line, 8+12 miles (13.7 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

Singer
General information
LocationClydebank, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.9075°N 4.4055°W / 55.9075; -4.4055
Grid referenceNS497708
Managed byScotRail
Transit authorityStrathclyde Partnership for Transport
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSIN
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
3 November 1907Opened
c.1942Singer Workers' Platforms opened
8 May 1967Singer Workers' Platforms closed
Passengers
2016/17 0.660 million
2017/18 0.631 million
2018/19 0.575 million
2019/20 0.523 million
2020/21 68,590
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Passenger services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.


History


Singer Sewing Machine Factory, Clydebank
Singer Sewing Machine Factory, Clydebank

Constructed in 1907, Singer station took its name from the huge Singer sewing machine factory that it was built to serve.[1][2][3] The station is located on a section of track that was realigned to make space for the factory. In addition to this station (still in use today), the original station, which was titled Singer Works, and previously called Kilbowie Road (Old), once boasted six bay platforms for the many workers' trains that ran there. Regular works trains ended in 1967 and the bay platforms, and indeed the factory, have long since gone.

Until 2002, Singer was the nearest station to Kilbowie Park, former home of Clydebank F.C. (1965)[3][4]


Services


An Argyle Line service
An Argyle Line service

Singer is served by trains on the half-hourly, all day Monday to Saturdays, on both the Argyle and North Clyde lines. This means Monday to Saturday there is a train every 15 minutes to central Glasgow (alternately to Queen Street L.L. and Central L.L.). Destinations served include Airdrie, Balloch, Dalmuir and Larkhall.[5] There is also one train per day from Oban which calls here in the morning peak to Glasgow Queen Street, This operates via Maryhill and avoids Partick altogether.

On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service to Glasgow Queen Street served by trains on the North Clyde Line to Edinburgh Waverley and Helensburgh Central.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Drumry   ScotRail
Argyle Line
  Dalmuir
Drumry   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Dalmuir
  Historical railways  
Drumchapel   North British Railway
Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
  Dalmuir

References


  1. "The Clydebank Story - Transport". Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  2. McIntosh Gray and Moffat (1989)
  3. Butt (1995): Page 212
  4. "Aerial view of Singer". Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
  5. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 226






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