Westerton

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Westerton (1913-)

Station code: WES National Rail ScotRail
Where: East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Opened on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.

Description

This is a two platform station, the junction between the Helensburgh line and the Milngavie line is immediately to the west.

The station dates from 1913, associated with the development of Westerton Garden Suburb which was to the north.

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Station




Chronology Dates

01/09/1913Glasgow and Milngavie Junction RailwayGlasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Westerton station opened at the junction of the Milngavie line with the Singer line. Westerton Garden Suburb was being established in what was previously farmland to the north of the line.
  /07/1959Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway
Failed Class 303, in use for driver training, replaced temporarily by British Railways Eastern Region Tilbury sets. Driver training was carried out on the Milngavie line, reversing at Westerton.
  /07/1989Yoker Re-signaling Scheme
Re-signaling complete. Boxes at Helensburgh Central, Craigendoran, Dumbarton Central, Dalmuir Park, Singer, Milngavie, Westerton, Hyndland, Clydebank Dock, High Street East Junction, Bellgrove, Parkhead, Shettleston, Heatheryknowe Junction, Sunnyside Junction, Airdrie replaced by the new Yoker Signalling Centre.

News items

12/12/2021Fury over 'watered down' Glasgow railway electrification plans in Maryhill [Glasgow Times]
18/11/2021ScotRail service between Westerton and Milngavie resumes after signalling issue [Glasgow Times]
27/02/2020Breakthrough in local Green MSPs campaign to have Milngavie rail line redualled [MIlngavie and Bearsden Herald]
29/11/2018Nicola Sturgeon condemns performance of Milngavie trains as 'unacceptable' [The Herald]
26/11/2018ScotRail blasted by MSPs and union over worst performance levels in more than a decade [Daily Record]
09/02/2018New Allander rail station is a step closer [Kirkintilloch Herald]
01/10/2017Passengers stuck as ScotRail skips stations [Sunday Times]
25/01/2013Westerton centenary celebration [Railscot]
01/03/2000Network Management Statement Published

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways

Around Helensburgh (Archive Photographs: Images of Scotland)

Battrum's Guide to Helensburgh and Neighbourhood

Craigendoran and Helensburgh (East) 1897: Dumbartonshire Sheet 17.06 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Dumbartonshire)

Glasgow Railway Memories

Glasgow Stations

Glasgow's Last Days of Steam

Helensburgh & Rhu Through Time

Helensburgh & the Rosneath Peninsula: The Guide Book: (Including Cardross, Garelochhead & Loch Long)

Helensburgh in Old Picture Postcards

Old Helensburgh, Rhu and Shandon

Rails Around Glasgow

The Railways of Glasgow: Post-Beeching

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)