Westerton railway station

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Westerton

Location

Place

Bearsden

Local authority

East Dunbartonshire

Operations

Station code

WES

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Passenger Usage

2004/05 **

0.533 million

History

Key dates

Opened 1913

National Rail - UK railway stations

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Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Westerton.

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UK Rail Portal

Westerton railway station is a railway station that serves the Westerton district in the town of Bearsden near Glasgow, Scotland.

The station is served by First ScotRail as part of the SPT network. It is located on the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line. It is also served by the overnight First ScotRail Sleeper service to and from Fort William and London Euston (Sundays-Fridays only).

[edit] Signalling

Westerton signal box, which was situated in the vee of the junction immediately to the west of the station, opened in 1900 as "Milngavie Junction". Renamed "Westerton" on 10 May 1959, the box was provided with a new frame of 20 levers and took over control of Knightswood North Junction (about a quarter mile east of the station). Colour light signals replaced the semaphores.

Westerton signal box closed on 21 October 1990 under a subsequent resignalling scheme that saw control of the whole North Clyde Line transferred to Yoker Signalling Centre.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Westerton railway station from National Rail
Map and aerial photo of Westerton railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station		Following station
Anniesland	First ScotRail Argyle Line North Clyde Line	Drumchapel
Anniesland	First ScotRail Argyle Line North Clyde Line	Bearsden
Edinburgh Waverley	First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper	Dalmuir