Balloch railway station

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1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of where Balloch Pier station stood. [6] [7] This relocation allowed the level crossing to be closed. [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 Balloch railway station, West Dunbartonshire - geograph.org.uk - 3277384.jpg
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]

Passenger volume

Balloch

Scottish Gaelic: Am Bealach [1]
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Balloch Station, West Dunbartonshire.jpg
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
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeBHC [2]
Key dates
24 April 1988Opened by British Rail
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 0.554 million
Passenger Volume at Balloch [12]
2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23
Entries and exits463,350486,973552,343554,798571,658600,764539,450546,924552,912559,570516,450553,606546,584543,006529,196554,282487,73467,320278,900351,268

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There is a half-hourly daily service to Airdrie on weekdays and Saturdays, and - on Sundays - to Motherwell (via Whifflet) or Larkhall (via Hamilton Central) alternately (i.e., hourly trains from Balloch to Motherwell/Larkhall). [13]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Alexandria   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
 Terminus

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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. pp. .page. 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

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