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'{{Short description|Railway station in Argyll and Bute, Scotland}}{{Cleanup bare URLs|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} {{Update|Services|date=December 2014|cat=Rail transport articles in need of updating}} {{Infobox station | name = Helensburgh Central | native_name = {{lang-gd|Baile Eilidh Meadhain}}<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index }}</ref> | symbol_location = gb | symbol = rail | image = Helensburgh Central station 2012.jpg | borough = [[Helensburgh]], [[Argyll and Bute]] | country = Scotland | coordinates = {{coord|56.0038|-4.7315|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]] | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS297823|25|NS297823}} | manager = [[Abellio ScotRail]] | platforms = 3 | code = HLC | zone = [[ZoneCard|D4]] | transit_authority = [[Strathclyde Partnership for Transport|SPT]] | original = [[Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway]] | pregroup = [[North British Railway]] | postgroup = [[London and North Eastern Railway|LNER]] | years = 28 May 1858 | events = Opened as ''Helensburgh'' | years1 = 8 June 1953 | events1 = Renamed ''Helensburgh Central'' | mpassengers = {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2015/16 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.811 million}} {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2016/17 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.765 million}} {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2017/18 |passengers={{increase}} 0.774 million}} {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.753 million}} {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.717 million}} | footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]] | embedded = {{Infobox designation list|embed=yes | designation1 = Category B | designation1_feature = | designation1_date = 21 March 2002 | designation1_number = LB48538<ref>{{cite web |title=PRINCES STREET EAST, HELENSBURGH CENTRAL STATION INCLUDING PLATFORMS, CANOPIES, SCREEN WALLS AND GATES |url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB48538 |publisher=Historic Scotland |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref> }} }} '''Helensburgh Central railway station''' ({{lang-gd|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]], {{convert|38|km|mi|disp=flip}} north west of [[Glasgow Queen Street railway station]]. Passenger services are operated by [[Abellio ScotRail]] on behalf of [[Strathclyde Partnership for Transport]]. The station is Helensburgh's main railway station, the other being the much smaller {{Stnlnk|Helensburgh Upper}} on the [[West Highland Line]]. ==History== The station was opened in 1858 (as ''Helensburgh''), as the terminus of the [[Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway]] and is located in the centre of the town.<ref>[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Glasgow_Dumbarton_and_Helensburgh_Railway/ Railscot - Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway], ''Railscot''. Retrieved 27 January 2014</ref> The GD&HR was taken over by the [[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]] company in 1862, which in turn was absorbed by the [[North British Railway]] three years later. The entire station building and platforms were rebuilt in 1897 to the design of [[James Carswell]].<ref>http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100260</ref> The route became part of the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] at the [[1923 Grouping]] and then the Scottish Region of [[British Railways]] at [[nationalisation]] on 1 January 1948. It was given its current name in June 1953, with electric operation beginning in November 1960 as part of the North Clyde modernisation scheme. Three of the four original platforms at the station remain in use, though the old engine shed and [[signal box]] have both been closed, the latter in 1989, when the entire North Clyde network came under the control of {{rws|Yoker}} signalling centre. The line from [[Craigendoran]] Junction had previously been singled in 1984.<ref>[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=8057 Helensburgh Central Station in 1987], ''Railscot''. Retrieved 27 January 2014</ref> == Services == Services at this station are provided by {{Brc|320}}, {{Brc|334}} and the occasional {{Brc|318}} [[electric multiple unit]]s. === Winter 2010/10 (interim timetable from 12 December 2010) === As a result of delays with commissioning of the {{Brc|380}} trains, insufficient {{Brc|334}} trains for the full service have been available for introduction of intended timetable from 12 December 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotrail.co.uk/a-b |title=We've added something new to Central Scotland |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111084211/http://www.scotrail.co.uk/a-b |archive-date=11 January 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ;Monday to Friday * 1tph to Edinburgh Waverley * 1tph to Airdrie ;Saturday and Sunday * 2tph Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh Waverley === Winter 2010/11 (Full service from 12 December 2010) === Following the opening of the line between Airdrie and Bathgate, the service is combined with Edinburgh to Bathgate service, the complete service when sufficient rolling stock is available is two trains per hour to Edinburgh Waverley (Monday to Sunday).<ref name="Table226-Dec10">{{cite web | url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec10/timetables/Table226.pdf | title = National Rail Timetable 226; December 2010 | access-date = 17 November 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> === Spring 2016 === The December 2015 timetable consists of a basic half-hourly service to/from Edinburgh Waverley via {{rws|Dalmuir}}, {{rws|Partick}}, Queen Street L.L and {{rws|Airdrie}}. On weekdays & Saturdays, these run limited stop south of Dumbarton East through to Queen Street then call at all stations east of there. On Sundays they serve all stations via {{rws|Singer}}.<ref>GB NRT May 2016, Table 226 (Network Rail)</ref> {{rail start}} {{rail line |next = |previous = {{Stnlnk|Craigendoran}} |route = [[Abellio 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 = |previous = {{Stnlnk|Craigendoran}}<br /><small>Line and Station open</small> |route = [[Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway]]<br /><small>[[North British Railway]]</small> |col = {{NBR colour}} |lightcol={{NBR light}} }} {{s-end}} [[File:Helensburgh Central 334020 334030.jpg|thumb|A {{Brc|334}} ready to start its journey to Edinburgh]] == References == === Notes === {{reflist}} === Sources === * {{Butt-Stations}} * {{Jowett-Atlas}} * {{Quail-1}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nic-TzZ7uaY Video footage of Helensburgh Central] {{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail}} [[Category:Category B listed buildings in Argyll and Bute]] [[Category:Listed railway stations in Scotland]] [[Category:Railway stations in Argyll and Bute]] [[Category:Former North British Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858]] [[Category:SPT railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations served by Abellio ScotRail]] [[Category:Helensburgh]] [[Category:1858 establishments in Scotland]]'