Dalmarnock railway station
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Dalmarnock railway station serves the area of Dalmarnock
Dalmarnock
Dalmarnock is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. It is bounded by the Clyde to the south and east, Parkhead to the north, and Bridgeton at Dunn Street to the north west...

, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

. It is a station on the Argyle Line
Argyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell to West Dunbartonshire via central Glasgow using sub-surface running...

, 4 km (2¼ miles) south east of Glasgow Central. The northern part of the station is situated in a tunnel (as seen in the image).

History

Adjacent was a high level station which was opened on 24 June 1841 and closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895. This iron bridge (crossing the A749 adjacent to Swanston Street) was removed in June 2009, however the original embankments remain. This route belonged to the Caledonian Railway and was referred to as The Switchback
The Switchback (CR)
The The Switchback was constructed by the Caledonian Railway between 1864 and 1891.-Connections to other lines:* Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway at Balornock Junction* Hamiltonhill Branch at Balornock Junction* Glasgow Central Railway at Strathclyde Junction...


Locale

The station is 15 minutes walk away from Celtic football club's Parkhead
Celtic Park
Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which is the home ground of Celtic FC. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,832, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the sixth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford,...

 stadium. This is the second station to bear this name.

Station refurbishment

The station is due to undergo a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 20th Commonwealth Games in 2014 will be held in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The winning city was announced by the Commonwealth Games Federation on 9 November 2007 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Games will run over 11 days of competition from 24 July to 3 August 2014...

 due to its close proximity to site of the athletes' village and several venues.

1979

At the opening of the Argyle Line
Argyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell to West Dunbartonshire via central Glasgow using sub-surface running...

 in November 1979 the station was served by 6 trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays. in the westerly direction all went to , with three via and three via . Two of these were extended to . In the easterly direction all trains travelled around the Hamilton Circle to three in the clockwise direction passing through prior to Motherwell and three passing through first. The limited stop to/from trains did not stop at Dalmarnock.

2008

Monday to Saturdays, four trains per hour head westbound towards Glasgow Central and beyond ( and ) and four trains per hour go eastbound towards (with services onward to ).

Sources

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