On the viaduct, at the north side of Dalmarnock Road, was the Caledonian Railway high-level station called Bridgeton. Opened on 1 April 1879,[3] on what was then the London Road branch, it closed when the current station opened on 1 November 1895.[2]
The siding from the nearby rail yard to the gas works passed under the viaduct, above the current platform area, and across the Swanston Street level crossing.[4] All remnants have since been demolished.[5]
The low-level station closed on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe, but the station and tunnel remained intact.
1979 reopening
At the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979, the station was served by six trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays. in the westerly direction all went to Dalmuir, with three via Yoker and three via Singer. Two of these were extended to Dumbarton Central. In the easterly direction all trains travelled around the Hamilton Circle to Motherwell three in the clockwise direction passing through Bellshill prior to Motherwell and three passing through Hamilton Central first. The limited stop Milngavie to/from Lanark trains did not stop at Dalmarnock.
Station refurbishment
The station underwent a full revamp in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, being handy to the athletes' village and several venues.[6]Lifts were installed and a new street-level entrance and ticket office constructed along with landscaping aimed at better connecting the station environs to the nearby River Clyde and Glasgow Green.[7] The station was temporarily closed for renovation on 4 June 2012 and was scheduled to reopen in November 2012,[8] but the closure was extended to spring 2013 because of major problems over groundworks. The station reopened to passengers on 20 May 2013.[9]
Flooding
Record rainfalls have often led to flooding of the station and closure for a period of several hours in 1903,[10] two days in 1907,[11][12] several hours in 1935 with water reaching platform height,[13] one day for the whole underground in 1938,[14] several weeks in 2002, several hours in 2017 (images),[15] several hours in 2019,[16] and two days in 2020.[17]
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC22311137.
