Dumbreck railway station

1+3⁄4 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 and Ibrox Stadium.

History

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

Train at Dumbreck station bound for Central

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.

Dumbreck Scottish Gaelic: An Dùn Breac [1]
Dumbreck station in 2008.
General information
Location	Dumbreck, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′42″N4°18′03″W / 55.8450°N 4.3008°W / 55.8450; -4.3008
Grid reference	NS560637
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DUM
Fare zone	1
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
28 July 1990	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.173 million

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

References

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

• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

External links

Media related to Dumbreck railway station at Wikimedia Commons