Westerton railway station

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General information
Location	East Dunbartonshire
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WES
History
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 September 1913	Opened

Westerton railway station is a railway station that serves the Westerton district in the town of Bearsden, Scotland.

The station is served by Abellio ScotRail as part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network. It is located on the Argyle Line, 5 miles (8 km) west of Glasgow Central and the North Clyde Line, 4.3 miles (7 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

The station lies very close to the Forth and Clyde Canal and the boundary between East Dunbartonshire and the city of Glasgow.

Signalling

Westerton signal box, which was situated in the vee of the junction immediately to the west of the station, opened in 1900 as "Milngavie Junction". Renamed "Westerton" on 10 May 1959, the box was provided with a new frame of 20 levers and took over control of Knightswood North Junction (about a quarter mile east of the station). Colour light signals replaced the semaphores. Westerton signal box closed by British Rail on 21 October 1990 under a subsequent resignalling scheme that saw control of the whole North Clyde Line transferred to Yoker Signalling Centre.

Services

A Class 334 at Westerton station

Monday to Saturday daytimes eight trains per hour go southeastbound: four towards Glasgow Queen Street of which 2 go to Airdrie and 2 go to Edinburgh Waverley via Bathgate (limited stop) on the North Clyde Line; and four via Glasgow Central, of which 2 go to Motherwell via Hamilton Central (every other train extending to Cumbernauld) and 2 go to Whifflet (every other train extending to Motherwell) on the Argyle Line. Argyle line arrivals are from Whifflet (every other train starting back from Motherwell) and Larkhall. Northwestbound trains head towards Milngavie (4tph) and Dalmuir (4tph, 2 are from the North Clyde line and go to Balloch).

On Monday-Saturday evenings the Milngavie-Edinburgh Waverley service ceases to operate, other routes continue to run. Sundays there are 2tph between Helensburgh Central and Edinburgh Waverley and 2tph between Milngavie and Motherwell via Hamilton.

Prior to 19 September 2014, Westerton was also served by the overnight Caledonian Sleeper service between Fort William and London Euston running on Sunday-Friday nights (to allow Glasgow-bound passengers to change onto a connecting service, as the sleeper used a route avoiding the city centre). From 21 September 2014 the sleeper service was re-routed to call instead at Queen Street Low Level and so the stop was removed from the timetable.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Anniesland		Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line		Drumchapel
				Bearsden
Anniesland		Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line		Drumchapel
				Bearsden

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 (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.