Alexandria
Location type
StationNames and dates
Alexandria (1850-1935)Alexandria and Bonhill (1935-1962)
Alexandria (1962-)
Station code: ALX National Rail ScotRail
Where: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Opened on the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway.
Opened on the Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Railway (Caledonian Railway, Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway and North British Railway Joint).
Description
This is a single platform station. There is a modern building on the platform. With road improvements, planners have placed the station in the middle of a large roundabout. There is a car park.
It was formerly a two platform station and the northbound line was lifted, parts of its platform remain disused. The platforms were slightly staggered. The main building had been on the remaining platform.
There was a goods yard on either side, just south of the station, some sidings accessed by turnplates. Ultimately the sidings were on the east side of the line, accessed from the south. Alexandria Goods.
The signal box was on the southbound platform, just north of the main station building. It took over from Dalquhurn (at Cordale Branch Junction) and Renton boxes in 1960.
The box closed in 1973 when the line was singled, the northbound line being lifted.
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StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
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NLS Map
| Nearby stations Jamestown Renton Balloch Balloch [1st] Balloch Pier Dalreoch Dumbarton Central Dumbarton East Cardross Caldarvan Langbank Woodhall Bowling Bowling [CR] Craigendoran Upper | Ferryfield Print Works Alexandria Goods Dalmonach Print Works Gas Works (Vale of Leven Gas Co) Black Bridge Alexandria Works (Printing and dyeing) Lomond Galleries Dillichip Dye Works Levenfield Works Milton Works (Dyeing) [Riverside] Milton Works (Dyeing) Tourist/other Croftengea Signal Box Loch Lomond Distillery Broomley House Cordale House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
Books
 The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos) |
