Bowling railway station serves the village of Bowling in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. This station is on the North Clyde Line, between Kilpatrick and Dumbarton East, from Glasgow Queen Street measured via Maryhill. The station is managed by ScotRail who provide all train services.

History The station was opened on 15 July 1850 by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway, and resited a few years later in 1858.

Accidents and incidents On 8 September 1933, a passenger train collided with wagons on the line due to a signalman's error. Five people were injured.

In October 2023, severe flooding took place around the River Clyde following a severe weather warning from the Met Office. The Glasgow Times described the station as being "underwater" while The Herald called the station "inundated with muddy water...[the] flood rising almost to the platform’s edge".

Facilities The station is unstaffed, and only comprises basic shelters, benches, help points, a payphone and a few cycle stands. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

The main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Bowling station in the 2022/23 period was Glasgow Queen Street, making up 5,892 of the 25,434 journeys (23.17%).

+Passenger Volume at Bowling2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23Entries and exits151,079113,682129,518113,598121,12996,01243,91631,78432,50233,94855,82055,01458,87834,43843,89461,32650,3665,32018,27425,434 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 Singer and 2 tph to

The typical service on Sundays is:

1 tph to via , and 1 tph to via Yoker, Glasgow Central and 2 tph to

Services to Helensburgh Central and Edinburgh Waverley via Singer, Airdrie, and Bathgate will not call at this station or station.

Cultural references The station was made famous by a 1960 painting by the renowned railway artist, the late Terence Cuneo, who depicted a then new Blue train (Class 303) heading westbound into Bowling, passing a steam engine, which the 303 had replaced, in a siding. The painting was used as a poster 'Glasgow Electric'.Science Museum http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co228546/glasgow-electric-poster

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