Dalreoch railway station
Dalreoch railway station serves the west end of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. The station is west of Glasgow Queen Street. History. The Caledonian and Junction Railway (C&DJR) was opened in 1850, and Dalreoch railway station opened on 15 July 1850. The station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway (GD&HR) on 28 May 1858. Although the GD&HR, after successive amalgamations, became part of the North British Railway (NBR) and so part of the London  and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 Grouping, the C&DJR was purchased jointly by the NBR, the Caledonian Railway and the Lanarkshire and Railway (L&DR). Renamed the Dumbarton and Balloch Railway, it remained a joint line at the 1923 Grouping, but its owners were now the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and the LNER. Services on the L&DR to via ended in October 1964 when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe. Facilities. The station has a car park (107 spaces) and a ticket staffed in operating hours from Monday to Saturday. Services. From Dalreoch daily four trains  per hour head southeastbound towards , Glasgow Queen Street and ; two are limited stop and continue through to and Edinburgh Waverley. Westbound there is a half-hourly service to both and . On Sundays the frequency remains the same on both lines, but the services on the Balloch line run via the Argyle Line to via Whifflet and to Larkhall via Hamilton.