Dumbarton East railway station

Dumbarton East
Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Breatann an Ear
265px Dumbarton East railway station's slightly neglected state
Location
Place	Dumbarton
Local authority	West Dunbartonshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS405750
Operations
Station code	DBE
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.240 million
2004/05	0.276 million
2005/06	0.316 million
2006/07	0.308 million
2007/08	0.319 million
2008/09	0.363 million
2009/10	0.356 million
2010/11	0.356 million
2011/12	0.362 million
2012/13	0.377 million
2013/14	0.422 million
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 October 1896	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dumbarton East from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dumbarton East railway station serves the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 15 miles (24 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

History

Unlike the majority of the North Clyde line stations, this is an island platform, betraying its Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway origins. At the time of electrification by British Railways in 1961, the North British Railway's formation from Bowling was abandoned (except a short spur to serve Bowling Oil Terminal), with a short link line between the North British and Caledonian formations being constructed. The North British formation is regained between Dumbarton East and Dumbarton Central station at the site of the junction between the two railways.

Services

2008

Four trains per hour daily go eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond and a half-hourly service westbound to both Balloch and Helensburgh Central respectively.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bowling		Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line		Dumbarton Central
	Historical railways
Bowling (L&D) Line partially in use; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway		Dumbarton Central Line open; Station open

References

Sources

• RAILSCOT on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway