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Network Rail will invest £11.1m in upgrading the signalling system and improving level crossing safety around Craigendoran in Helensburgh over the festive period.
(Permalink) Cardross Craigendoran Geilston Farm Level Crossing Geilston Level Crossing Helensburgh Level crossing  Geilston Crossing: 153370 leads 156474 as they pass Geilston level crossing on 4 January 2022, whilst working the 1034 hrs Glasgow Queen St to Oban service.  Geilston Farm Level Crossing: Empties returning from the Lochaber smelter hauled by 66736 approach Geilston Farm Level Crossing. The 'W' to the left is for Brooks Level Crossing, one of the numerous crossings in the area. From Car ... |
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RAIL bosses are warning of a signalling fault at a local station.
(Permalink) Cardross Kilpatrick Signalling fault |
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Jane Connolly was given the award for her work volunteering with the Cardross Station Community Organic Garden.
(Permalink) Cardross Cardross Station Community Organic Garden ScotRail in the Community Awards |
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Senior sponsor at Network Rail, Laura Mitchell confirmed that, by the end of this year, miniature stop lights will be installed at two out of three crossings within the village with the exception of Bainfield Crossing.
Miniature stop lights, similar to a traffic light system, had been designed for Bainfield Crossing however they have been deemed not to be appropriate due to the proximity of the crossing to the station and the fact that many users are young people who are heading to school. (Permalink) Cardross Level crossing Train horn |
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People in the village have been troubled by horns sounding through the night to alert those in the vicinity of the station that trains are approaching.
(Permalink) Bainfield Level Crossing Brooks Crossing Cardross Cardross Station Crossing Geilston Farm Level Crossing Murrays Crossing;Geilston Crossing  Cardross Station Crossing: 320317 in SPTE carmine & cream, with a Glasgow bound service, approaches Cardross in May 2010. Geilston Crossing: 153370 leads 156474 as they pass Geilston level crossing on 4 January 2022, whilst working the 1034 hrs Glasgow Queen St to Oban service.  Bainfield Level Crossing: 334006 has just passed below Ferry Road bridge and is approaching Bainfield foot crossing (Cardross) on 31 May 2014 with a Waverley to Helensburgh Central service. |
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People in Helensburgh [Cardross, Dalreoch and the West Highland south of Crianlarich] are being warned to plan their journeys ahead this weekend.
(Permalink) Ardlui Arrochar & Tarbet Bus replacement service Cardross Craigendoran Crianlarich Dalreoch Engineering Works Garelochhead Glasgow Queen Street Helensburgh Central Helensburgh Upper |
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Green-fingered locals of all abilities and ages are encouraged to join Cardross Community Gardens volunteer group. The Adopt-a-Station volunteer group is looking for more keen gardeners to be a part of the effort to maintain the flower beds next to the village's station.
(Permalink) Adopt-a-Station Cardross  Cardross: A Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley service arrives at Cardross on 31 May 2015. |
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Two people were taken to hospital after spending an hour in the water when their boat capsized in the Clyde off Cardross on Thursday.
According to the HM Coastguard, the pair had been in the water for around an hour when they were spotted by the driver of a passing train who stopped to help. ScotRail initially advised that trains were not running between Helensburgh and Dumbarton after reports of trespassers on the line - until HM Coastguard shed light on the real story. (Permalink) Cardross ScotRail |
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Rail bosses have been warned that urgent action is needed to protect the railway line to and from Helensburgh from the increasing threat of floods.
(Permalink) Cardross Craigendoran Dalreoch  Craigendoran Junction: With Storm Erik's arrival, waves break over the sea wall at Craigendoran Junction.  Cardross: As a result of damage caused by severe gales during the first days of January 2012 trains were disrupted between Dalreoch and Helensburgh. This is the storm damaged embankment at Ardoch looking east o ... |
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at Cardross level crossing.
(Permalink) Cardross Cardross Station Level Crossing  Cardross: An early evening train from Helensburgh entering Cardross station over the level crossing on a warm summer evening in July 2005. Note the significant drop in the height of the eastbound platform beyon ... |
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Heavy rain is disrupting train services between Helensburgh and Glasgow this evening.
(Permalink) Cardross Craigendoran |
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Helensburgh train services are disrupted this morning after a lorry transporting timber struck level crossing barriers in Cardross.
(Permalink) Cardross Level crossing  Cardross: Passengers exit Cardross station via the footbridge on 27 July 2005, having recently disembarked from a Helensburgh bound train. The motor cyclist is forced to wait for the train to clear the level cr ... |
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Vital train services linking Helensburgh and Lomond with Glasgow are to be suspended next month. The morning commuter train calling at Arrochar and Tarbet at 0710, Garelochhead at 0730 and Helensburgh Upper at 0742 has been withdrawn from the company's winter timetable, which starts on December 13. The service, which also calls at Cardross at 0750, is the only one on the West Highland line which arrives at Glasgow Queen Street before 0900. From December 13 onwards, the first southbound train of the day on the West Highland route won't arrive in Glasgow until 1131.
(Permalink) Arrochar and Tarbet Cardross Garelochhead Helensburgh Upper West Highland Railway |
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Helensburgh train services have been delayed this afternoon after a vehicle struck barriers at a level crossing in Cardross.
(Permalink) Cardross Level crossing |
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