Alexandria railway station

For other uses of "Alexandria Station", see Alexandria Station (disambiguation).

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General information
Location	West Dunbartonshire
Coordinates	55.9853°N 4.5773°W / 55.9853; -4.5773
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	ALX
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	Station opened
January 1935	Renamed Alexandria and Bonhill
1962	Renamed Alexandria

Alexandria railway station serves the town of Alexandria, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 18+3⁄4 miles (30.2 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

History

View north towards Balloch (1994)

Opened by the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway on 15 July 1850, 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.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.

Services

There are 2tph to Airdrie via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level and to Balloch.

On Sundays, 2tph operate alternately to Larkhall and to Motherwell via Whifflet, via Glasgow Central Low Level.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Renton		Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line		Balloch
	Historical railways
Renton		CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway		Balloch Central

References

Sources

• 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.
• Station on navigable O.S. map
• RAILSCOT on the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway

External links

• Video footage of Alexandria Station