Everything about Westerton Railway Station totally explained
Westerton railway station is a
railway station that serves the Westerton district in the town of
Bearsden near
Glasgow,
Scotland.
The station is served by
First ScotRail as part of the
SPT network. It is located on the
Argyle Line 8 km (5 miles) weat of
Glasgow Central and the
North Clyde Line 7 km (4¼ miles) west of
Glasgow Queen Street. Also overnight
Caledonian Sleeper services call at this station.
The station is near to the
Forth and Clyde Canal and the boundary between
East Dunbartonshire and the city of
Glasgow.
Westerton
signal box, which was situated in the vee of the
junction immediately to the west of the station, opened in
1900 as "Milngavie Junction". Renamed "Westerton" on
10 May 1959, the box was provided with a new
frame of 20 levers and took over control of Knightswood North Junction (about a quarter mile east of the station). Colour light
signals replaced the semaphores.
Westerton signal box closed on
21 October 1990 under a subsequent resignalling scheme that saw control of the whole North Clyde Line transferred to Yoker Signalling Centre.
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes eight trains per hour go westbound. Four towards Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (
Airdrie) on the North Clyde Line and four towards Glasgow Central and beyond (
Motherwell) on the Argyle Line. Westboound trains head towards
Milngavie,
Dalmuir and
Balloch.
Evenings and Sundays a there are regular trains towards Glasgow eastbound and Milngavie, Balloch or
Helensburgh westbound
Westerton is also served by the overnight
First ScotRail Sleeper service to and from
Fort William and
London Euston (Sundays-Fridays only).
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