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Dumbreck railway station

Coordinates: 55°50′42″N 4°18′03″W / 55.8450°N 4.3008°W / 55.8450; -4.3008
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Dumbreck

Scottish Gaelic: An Dùn Breac[1]
National Rail
Dumbreck station in 2008.
General information
LocationDumbreck, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′42″N 4°18′03″W / 55.8450°N 4.3008°W / 55.8450; -4.3008
Grid referenceNS560637
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDUM
History
Original companyBritish Rail
Key dates
28 July 1990Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.170 million
2019/20Increase 0.173 million
2020/21Decrease 55,936
2021/22Increase 89,830
2022/23Increase 0.119 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dumbreck railway station is a railway station in Dumbreck, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 1+34 miles (3 kilometres) west of Glasgow Central, close to the M77 motorway. It is accessed from the Nithsdale Road at the bridge over the railway. Dumbreck railway station is also the closest station for the Bellahouston Park.

History

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It was opened on 28 July 1990 at the same time as the reopening by British Rail of the Paisley Canal Line, which had closed to passengers in 1983. Dumbreck is situated close to the site of one of the original stations on the line, Bellahouston, which closed in 1954.

Services

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Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Paisley Canal.

There is an hourly service on Sundays.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Corkerhill   ScotRail
Paisley Canal Line
  Glasgow Central

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.

Sources

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