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{{Short description|Railway station in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland}}{{other uses of|Alexandria Station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Alexandria
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Alexandria Station, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.jpg
| caption = View south towards Renton
| borough = [[Alexandria, Scotland|Alexandria]], [[West Dunbartonshire]]
| country = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|55.9853|-4.5773|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS393799|25|NS393799}}
| manager = [[ScotRail]]
| platforms = 1
| code = ALX<ref>{{cite web |title=Railway Codes |url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/crs/crsa.shtm |website=railwaycodes.org.uk |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
| transit_authority = [[Strathclyde Partnership for Transport|SPT]]
| original = [[Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway]]
| pregroup = [[Caledonian Railway]] and [[North British Railway]]
| postgroup = [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMSR]] and [[London and North Eastern Railway|LNER]]
| years = 15 July 1850<ref name="butt15">Butt (1995), page 15</ref>
| events = Station opened
| years1 = January 1935
| events1 = Renamed Alexandria and Bonhill
| years2 = 1962
| events2 = Renamed Alexandria
| mpassengers = 
<!--{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.244 million}}-->
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.233 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 26,080}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.111 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.148 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.177 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}
'''Alexandria railway station''' serves the town of [[Alexandria, Scotland|Alexandria]], [[Scotland]]. The [[railway station|station]] is managed by [[ScotRail]] and is served by their trains on the [[North Clyde Line]]. It is sited {{convert|19|mi|20|chain|lk=in|km|0}} northwest of {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Queen Street}}, measured via [[Singer railway station|Singer]] and [[Maryhill railway station|Maryhill]], and is situated between [[Renton railway station|Renton]] and [[Balloch railway station|Balloch]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain |publisher=Platform 5 Publishing Ltd |year=2017 |isbn=978-1909431-26-3 |editor-last=Bridge |editor-first=Mike |edition=3rd |location=Sheffield}}</ref>{{page needed|date=August 2024}}

== History ==
[[File:Alexandria station geograph-3226919-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|Looking north towards Balloch in 1994]]

Opened by the [[Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway]] on 15 July 1850,<ref name="butt15" /> it became part of a joint [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] and [[London and North Eastern Railway]] line during the [[Railways Act 1921|Grouping]] of 1923. The line then passed on to the [[Scottish Region of British Railways]] on [[nationalisation]] in 1948.  The line through the station was double until 1973, but now only one track and platform are in use.{{Cn|date=April 2023}}

In 2018, it was reported locally that new signage, showing the way to the [[Vale of Leven Hospital]], had been installed at the station and at Balloch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visitors are shown the right way to hospital from Balloch and Alexandria railway stations |url=https://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/16328051.visitors-shown-right-way-hospital-balloch-alexandria-railway-stations/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter |date=2 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

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== Facilities ==
[[File:Alexandria railway station, West Dunbartonshire - geograph.org.uk - 3277388.jpg|left|thumb|Looking south from the station, in 2012]]
Unlike Renton, the only other intermediate station on the Balloch line, Alexandria does have a ticket office and a car park. It also has a help point, bench and bike racks located on the platform, plus a payphone in the ticket office. Although the ticket office entrance from the car park is not step-free, there is step-free access to the platform (and from the platform to the ticket office).<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Rail Enquiries - |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/alexandria-station-plan |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.nationalrail.co.uk}}</ref>
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== Passenger volume ==
The main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Alexandria in the 2022–23 period was [[Glasgow Queen Street railway station|Glasgow Queen Street]], making up 41,932 of the 148,340 journeys (28.3%).<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Passenger volume at Alexandria<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Estimates of station usage {{!}} ORR Data Portal |url=https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=dataportal.orr.gov.uk}}</ref>
!
!2002–03
!2004–05
!2005–06
!2006–07
!2007–08
!2008–09
!2009–10
!2010–11
!2011–12
!2012–13
!2013–14
!2014–15
!2015–16
!2016–17
!2017–18
!2018–19
!2019–20
!2020–21
!2021–22
!2022–23
|-
|Entries and exits
|270,904
|276,238
|305,459
|294,563
|298,266
|333,302
|343,238
|346,556
|348,418
|357,744
|347,056
|359,874
|344,530
|307,348
|278,932
|244,378
|233,278
|26,080
|111,434
|148,340
|}
<small>The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.</small>

== Services ==

There is a half-hourly daily service to {{stnlnk|Balloch}} northbound; southbound, the service is also half-hourly, but trains run to {{Stnlnk|Airdrie}} on weekdays and Saturdays, and - on Sundays - to {{Stnlnk|Motherwell}} (via {{Stnlnk|Whifflet}}) or {{Stnlnk|Larkhall}} (via [[Hamilton Central railway station|Hamilton Central]]) alternately (i.e., hourly trains from Balloch to Motherwell/Larkhall).<ref>eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206</ref>

{{rail start}}
{{rail line
|next     = {{Stnlnk|Balloch}}
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Renton}}
|route    = [[ScotRail]]<br /><small>[[North Clyde Line]]</small>
|col      = {{ScotRail colour}} |lightcol={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=North Clyde Line}}
}}
{{Historical Rail Insert}}
{{rail line
|next     = {{Stnlnk|Balloch Central}}
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Renton}}
| route    = [[Caledonian Railway|CR]] & [[North British Railway|NBR]]<br /><small>[[Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway]]</small>
|col       = {{CR-NBR-Jt colour}} |lightcol={{CR-NBR-Jt light}} }}
{{s-end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Butt-Stations}}
* {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
* {{Jowett-Atlas}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Stn art lnk|ALX}}
* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#238,680,1 Station on navigable O.S. map]
{{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail}}

[[Category:Railway stations in West Dunbartonshire]]
[[Category:Former Dumbarton and Balloch Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850]]
[[Category:SPT railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by ScotRail]]
[[Category:Vale of Leven]]
[[Category:1850 establishments in Scotland]]


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