Singer railway station is a two-platformed staffed station serving Clydebank town centre, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line, 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) west of Glasgow Central and the North Clyde Line, 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.
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General information | |
Location | Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire Scotland |
Coordinates | 55.9075°N 4.4055°W / 55.9075; -4.4055 |
Grid reference | NS497708 |
Managed by | ScotRail |
Transit authority | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | SIN |
History | |
Original company | North British Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
3 November 1907 | Opened |
c.1942 | Singer Workers' Platforms opened |
8 May 1967 | Singer Workers' Platforms closed |
Passengers | |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Passenger services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
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]
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.
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Drumry | ScotRail Argyle Line |
Dalmuir | ||
Drumry | ScotRail North Clyde Line |
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Drumchapel | North British Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway |
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