Английская Википедия:Dalmarnock railway station

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Dalmarnock railway station, serving the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow, Scotland, lies on the Argyle Line, Шаблон:Convert southeast of Glasgow Central. The northern ends of the side platforms are within a tunnel (refer image). Revamped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the station is a 15-minute walk from the Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, and Celtic football club's Celtic Park stadium at Parkhead. Due to this, The station is busy on matchdays and a queueing system takes place on Swanson Street

History

1879–1964 overview

On the viaduct, at the north side of Dalmarnock Road, was the Caledonian Railway high-level station called Bridgeton. Opened on 1 April 1879, on what was then the London Road branch, it closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895. Шаблон:Main

The siding from the nearby rail yard to the gas works passed under the viaduct, above the current platform area, and across the Swanston Street level crossing. All remnants have since been demolished.

The low-level station closed on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe, but the station and tunnel remained intact.

1979 reopening

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

Station refurbishment

The station underwent a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, being handy to the athletes' village and several venues. Lifts were installed and a new street-level entrance and ticket office constructed along with landscaping aimed at better connecting the station environs to the nearby River Clyde and Glasgow Green. The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to reopen in November 2012, but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013.

Flooding

Record rainfalls have often led to flooding of the station and closure for a period of several hours in 1903, two days in 1907, several hours in 1935 with water reaching platform height, one day for the whole underground in 1938, several weeks in 2002, several hours in 2017 (images), several hours in 2019, and two days in 2020.

Services

Passenger trains per hour
Direction	Terminus	Via	Mon–Sat	Sun Шаблон:Small
Eastbound	Шаблон:Rws	Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Rws	1
	Шаблон:Rws	Шаблон:Rws or Шаблон:Rws	2	3
	Шаблон:Rws	Шаблон:Rws	2	1
	Шаблон:Rws		1
Westbound	Шаблон:Rws	Шаблон:Rws or Шаблон:Rws	2
	Шаблон:Rws		2	2
	Шаблон:Rws		2	2

References

• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Butt-Stations
• Шаблон:Jowett-Atlas

External links

• Record and images for Dalmarnock Station at Canmore.org.uk