Helensburgh Central railway station () serves the town of Helensburgh on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited from Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill. Passenger services are operated by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

The station is Helensburgh's main railway station, the other being the much smaller on the West Highland Line, which provides services to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig.

History

The station was opened on 31 May 1858 (as Helensburgh), as the terminus of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway. The GD&HR was taken over by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway company in 1862, which in turn was absorbed by the North British Railway three years later. It was given its current name on 8 June 1953, with electric operation beginning in November 1960 as part of the North Clyde modernisation scheme. The entire station building and platforms were rebuilt in 1897 to the design of James Carswell.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, a coffee shop, an accessible toilet, waiting rooms, bike racks, various benches, payphones, a help point and a cash machine, as well as an accessible car park. All areas of the station have step-free access, except the Princes Street East entrance to the ticket hall.

Passenger volume +Passenger Volume at Helensburgh Central2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23Entries and exits854,599889,194948,417928,813894,5881,164,8701,139,5341,179,2841,210,6321,192,148826,406843,343810,965765,322773,722753,118716,86481,510370,770499,674Interchanges–1805749459082537363126418116830823848194345 The statistics cover twelve-month periods that start in April.

Services The typical off-peak service in trains per hour Mondays to Saturdays is:eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206

2 tph to via , , and (semi-fast)

On Sundays, the same service operates at the same frequency, but trains heading to Edinburgh Waverley serve all stations via .

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