Helensburgh Central railway station
Railway station in Argyll and Bute, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Helensburgh Central railway station (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Eilidh Meadhain) serves the town of Helensburgh on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited 24 miles 31 chains (39.2 km) from Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill.[5] Passenger services are operated by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
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General information | |||||
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Location | Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 56.0038°N 4.7315°W / 56.0038; -4.7315 | ||||
Grid reference | NS297823 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Transit authority | SPT | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | HLC[2] | ||||
Fare zone | D4 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
Key dates | |||||
31 May 1858[3] | Opened as Helensburgh | ||||
8 June 1953[3] | Renamed Helensburgh Central | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.753 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.717 million | ||||
2020/21 | 81,510 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.371 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.500 million | ||||
Listed Building – Category B | |||||
Designated | 21 March 2002 | ||||
Reference no. | LB48538[4] | ||||
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The station is Helensburgh's main railway station, the other being the much smaller Helensburgh Upper on the West Highland Line.