Alexandria railway station

This article is about a railway station in Scotland. For the station in Virginia, see Union Station (Alexandria). For the station in Ontario, see Alexandria, Ontario railway station.

Alexandria
Alexandria railway station, which stands in the middle of a roundabout in the one way system in Alexandria
Location
Place	Alexandria
Local authority	West Dunbartonshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS393799
Operations
Station code	ALX
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.276 million
2005/06	0.305 million
2006/07	0.295 million
2007/08	0.298 million
2008/09	0.333 million
2009/10	0.343 million
2010/11	0.346 million
2011/12	0.348 million
2012/13	0.358 million
2013/14	0.347 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway and North British Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR and LNER
15 July 1850	Station opened
January 1935	Renamed Alexandria and Bonhill
1962	Renamed Alexandria
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alexandria from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Platform view north, towards Balloch Pier

Alexandria railway station serves the town of Alexandria, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 18¾ miles (30 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street.

History

Opened by the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway on 15 July 1850, it became part of a joint London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway line during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.

Services

• 2tph to Airdrie via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level (before 6pm)
• 2tph to Cumbernauld via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level (after 6pm)

On a Sunday, 2tph operate alternately to Larkhall and Whifflet, the latter extends to Motherwell, via Glasgow Central Low Level

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Renton		Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line		Balloch
	Historical railways
Renton		CR & NBR Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway		Balloch Central

References

Sources

• Station on navigable O.S. map
• RAILSCOT on the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway