Cardross railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cardross, Scotland. The station is from , measured via Singer and Maryhill. It is on the North Clyde Line between Dalreoch and Craigendoran, positioned on the banks of the north side of the River Clyde. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all services.
History The station was opened by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway on 28 May, 31 May, or 7 June 1858. The line was electrified in 1960. There were some goods sidings here previously - possibly built in the late 1940s - but these were removed in the mid-1960s with the end of regular freight movements on the line.
Facilities
The station is well equipped with shelters, help points and benches on both platforms, as well as a ticket office on bike racks on platform 1, with a car park adjacent. Both platforms have step-free access, and are linked by both a footbridge and a level crossing. Platform 1 unusually has five different points of access, plus others from platform 2, via the footbridge.
Passenger volume +Passenger Volume at Cardross2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23Entries and exits156,692186,479196,675194,365204,476238,070226,918227,656230,504227,026227,826180,394164,610145,004142,808145,428121,22868,212110,812126,248 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 (semi-fast) 2 tph to
On Sundays, the same service operates at the same frequency, but trains heading to Edinburgh Waverley serve all stations via .
There is also a single additional train in the morning to Glasgow Queen Street (high level), which originates from Oban on the West Highland line. Otherwise, trains from this line usually pass through without stopping, and passengers need to change at Dumbarton Central.
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