Alexandria railway station serves the town of Alexandria, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the North Clyde Line. It is sited 19 miles 20 chains (31 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill, and is situated between Renton and Balloch.[3][page needed]
Alexandria  | |||||
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 View south towards Renton | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°59′07″N 4°34′38″W / 55.9853°N 4.5773°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS393799 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ALX[1] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway and North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMSR and LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 15 July 1850[2] | Station opened | ||||
| January 1935 | Renamed Alexandria and Bonhill | ||||
| 1962 | Renamed Alexandria | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.233 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 26,080 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.111 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.148 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.177 million | ||||
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History
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Opened by the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway on 15 July 1850,[2] it became part of a joint London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway line during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The line through the station was double until 1973, but now only one track and platform are in use.[citation needed]
In 2018, it was reported locally that new signage, showing the way to the Vale of Leven Hospital, had been installed at the station and at Balloch.[4]
Facilities
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Unlike Renton, the only other intermediate station on the Balloch line, Alexandria does have a ticket office and a car park. It also has a help point, bench and bike racks located on the platform, plus a payphone in the ticket office. Although the ticket office entrance from the car park is not step-free, there is step-free access to the platform (and from the platform to the ticket office).[5]
Passenger volume
editThe main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Alexandria in the 2022–23 period was Glasgow Queen Street, making up 41,932 of the 148,340 journeys (28.3%).[6]
| 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 | |
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| Entries and exits | 270,904 | 276,238 | 305,459 | 294,563 | 298,266 | 333,302 | 343,238 | 346,556 | 348,418 | 357,744 | 347,056 | 359,874 | 344,530 | 307,348 | 278,932 | 244,378 | 233,278 | 26,080 | 111,434 | 148,340 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
editThere is a half-hourly daily service to Balloch northbound; southbound, the service is also half-hourly, but trains run 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).[7]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Renton | ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Balloch | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Renton | CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway |
Balloch Central | ||
References
edit- ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ a b Butt (1995), page 15
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Visitors are shown the right way to hospital from Balloch and Alexandria railway stations". Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206
Bibliography
edit- 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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- 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.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Alexandria railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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