Balloch railway station

1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of where Balloch Pier station stood. ^{[6] [7]} This relocation allowed the level crossing to be removed. ^[8]

In 2023, it was announced that Balloch would receive a brand new park & ride facility, at a cost of £50,000. ^[9]

Location

It lies within the boundary, by just over 150 metres (160 yd), ^[10] 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 seen in 2012

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 Tullichewan Road, and three step-free entrances from Balloch Road, Lomond Road and Balloch Road. All of the station is step-free. ^[11]

Balloch Scottish Gaelic: Am Bealach [1]
Southbound view of the station platform, June 2024
General information
Location	Balloch, West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	56°00′08″N4°34′59″W / 56.0021°N 4.5831°W / 56.0021; -4.5831
Grid reference	NS389818
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BHC [2]
Key dates
24 April 1988	Opened by British Rail
Passengers
2019/20	0.488 million

Passenger Volume at Balloch ^[12]

	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	2021–22	2022–23
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	278,900	351,268

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour Mondays to Saturdays is: ^[13]

• 2 tph to Airdrie via Singer and Glasgow Queen Street

The typical service on Sundays is:

• 1 tph to Motherwell via Yoker, Glasgow Central and Whifflet
• 1 tph to Larkhall via Yoker, Glasgow Central and Hamilton Central

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. ISBN   978-1909431-26-3.
4. Quick 2022, p. 64.
5. Butt, R.V.J., (1995)
6. Strathclyde: the Review after the strike Modern Railways issue 445 December 1985 pages 650-651
7. Balloch opens for business Rail issue 82 July 1988 page 15
8. News & Notes: Balloch rebuilt The Railway Magazine issue 1049 September 1988 page 556
9. Clarke, Fraser (13 April 2023). "Balloch Station set for park and ride, as part of local transport funding boost". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
10. OS Explorer Map 347 'Loch Lomond South'
11. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
12. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
13. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206

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.
• Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
• "Balloch opens for business". RAIL . No. 82. EMAP National Publications. July 1988. p. 15. ISSN   0953-4563. OCLC   49953699.

External links

• Train times and station information for Balloch railway station from National Rail