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Alexandria railway station

Coordinates: 55°59′07″N 4°34′38″W / 55.9853°N 4.5773°W / 55.9853; -4.5773
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Alexandria
National Rail
View south towards Renton
General information
LocationAlexandria, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°59′07″N 4°34′38″W / 55.9853°N 4.5773°W / 55.9853; -4.5773
Grid referenceNS393799
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeALX[1]
History
Original companyCaledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway and North British Railway
Post-groupingLMSR and LNER
Key dates
15 July 1850[2]Station opened
January 1935Renamed Alexandria and Bonhill
1962Renamed Alexandria
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.244 million
2019/20Decrease 0.233 million
2020/21Decrease 26,080
2021/22Increase 0.111 million
2022/23Increase 0.148 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Alexandria railway station serves the town of Alexandria, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the North Clyde Line. It is sited 19 miles 20 chains (31.0 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill, and is situated between Renton and Balloch.[3][page needed]

History

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Looking north towards Balloch in 1994

Opened by the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway on 15 July 1850,[2] 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.[citation needed]

In 2018, it was reported locally that new signage, showing the way to the Vale of Leven Hospital, had been installed at the station and at Balloch.[4]

Facilities

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Looking south from the station, in 2012

Unlike Renton, the only other intermediate station on the Balloch line, Alexandria does have a ticket office and a car park. It also has a help point, bench and bike racks located on the platform, plus a payphone in the ticket office. Although the ticket office entrance from the car park is not step-free, there is step-free access to the platform (and from the platform to the ticket office).[5]

Passenger volume

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The main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Alexandria in the 2022–23 period was Glasgow Queen Street, making up 41,932 of the 148,340 journeys (28.3%).[6]

Passenger volume at Alexandria[6]
2002–03 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Entries and exits 270,904 276,238 305,459 294,563 298,266 333,302 343,238 346,556 348,418 357,744 347,056 359,874 344,530 307,348 278,932 244,378 233,278 26,080 111,434 148,340

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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There is a half-hourly daily service to Balloch northbound; southbound, the service is also half-hourly, but trains run to Airdrie on weekdays and Saturdays, and - on Sundays - to Motherwell (via Whifflet) or Larkhall (via Hamilton Central) alternately (i.e., hourly trains from Balloch to Motherwell/Larkhall).[7]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 15
  3. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  4. ^ "Visitors are shown the right way to hospital from Balloch and Alexandria railway stations". Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  7. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206

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