Helensburgh Central railway station

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Helensburgh Central
Taken from the Grant Street bridge.
Location
Place Helensburgh
Local authority Argyll and Bute
Operations
Station code HLC
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 3
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 * 0.855 million
2004/05 * 0.899 million
2005/06 * 0.948 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Helensburgh Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
Portal:Helensburgh Central railway station
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Helensburgh Central railway station serves the town of Helensburgh on north shore of the Firth of Clyde, near to Glasgow, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, 38 km (24 miles) north west of Glasgow Queen Street railway station. Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

[edit] Services

[edit] 2006/07 service pattern

There are two services per hour Monday-Sunday, with trains running to Glasgow Queen Street and Drumgelloch in North Lanarkshire. There are additional trains in both the morning and evening peaks.

Services at this station are provided by Class 320, Class 334 and the occasional Class 318 electric multiple units.


  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Craigendoran   First ScotRail

North Clyde Line

  Terminus
Historical Railways
Craigendoran
Line and Station open
  Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway   Terminus


[edit] References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.