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Balloch Pier railway station

Coordinates: 56°00′28″N 4°35′23″W / 56.007877°N 4.5897°W / 56.007877; -4.5897
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Balloch Pier
General information
LocationWest Dunbartonshire
Coordinates56°00′28″N 4°35′23″W / 56.007877°N 4.5897°W / 56.007877; -4.5897
Line(s)North Clyde Line
Platforms2
History
Original companyCaledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway & North British Railway
Post-groupingLMS & LNER
Key dates
15 July 1850Opened
28 September 1986Closed
The station in 1961

Balloch Pier railway station was a railway station serving the southern end of Loch Lomond on the northern edge of Balloch in Scotland.

It was closed on 28 September 1986[1] as a result of the 1984 Strathclyde Rail Review.[2][3] The steamer service on Loch Lomond provided by the PS Maid of the Loch had ceased in 1981. Rail services had been provided to connect with sailings.

Following closure the station was demolished and there is now a car park on the site.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Balloch Central   CR & NBR
Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
  Terminus

References

Notes

  1. ^ Butt (1995)
  2. ^ N/A (1984). "Strathclyde: the Review after the strike". In: Modern Railways, Vol. 42, No. 445, December 1985, Pages 650-651
  3. ^ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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