Cardross railway station


Cardross railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cardross, Scotland. The station is north west of on the North Clyde Line positioned on the banks of the north side of the river Clyde. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail. The station has two platforms and a footbridge as well as a level crossing mainly used by the nearby sawmill.

History

The station was opened by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway on 28 May 1858. On 4 November 1960 electric services commenced using the Class 303 EMU. from 2002, class 334 electric multiple units replaced the class 303 trains.
The station has undergone many refurbishments. Between October and December 2010 a major refurbishment was carried out by Network Rail, including platform surface renewals and improved disabled access.

Services

2009/2010

There is a daily half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and and westbound towards. The service was operated by Class 320s and Class 334s

2010/2011 (From 12 December 2010)

There is a daily half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond to and westbound towards. The interim timetable pending availability of sufficient Class 334s to operate the service has on Mondays to Fridays one eastbound train per hour terminating at.

2020

In 2020, There is a regular half hourly service 7 days a week to both Helensburgh Central and Edinburgh Waverley via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level and Bathgate, Trains to Edinburgh run express from Dalmuir calling only at Hyndland and Partick before arriving into Glasgow City Centre. These are operated using Class 334 EMUs. In addition, There is an early morning service from Oban which calls here calling at Dumbarton Central, Singer, Maryhill and Possilpark, This operates via the Maryhill line, This is operated using a Class 156 DMU.