Balloch railway station is a railway station serving the town of Balloch in Scotland. The station is a western terminus of the North Clyde Line, sited 20 miles 38 chains (33.0 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill.

History

Although the line through the station was opened in July 1850, the current Balloch station was opened by British Rail and SPTE on 24 April 1988, replacing the former Balloch Central station which was situated immediately north of a level crossing on Balloch Road. Closure of this level crossing was made possible by the closure of the previous terminus station, Balloch Pier, in 1986. The station is located 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of where Balloch Pier station stood. This relocation allowed the level crossing to be closed.

In 2023, it was announced that Balloch would receive a brand new park & ride facility, at a cost of £50,000.

Location

It lies within the boundary, by just over 150 metres (160 yd), of the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park and provides one of few examples of an overhead electrified railway operating within a UK national park.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, an accessible toilet, a shelter, seats, a help point and bike racks. The station has a stepped entrance from Tullichewan Road, and three step-free entrances from Balloch Road, Lomond Road and Balloch Road. All of the station is step-free.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Balloch

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	463,350	486,973	552,343	554,798	571,658	600,764	539,450	546,924	552,912	559,570	516,450	553,606	546,584	543,006	529,196	554,282	487,734	67,320	278,900	351,268

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There is a half-hourly daily service to Airdrie on weekdays and Saturdays, and - on Sundays - to Motherwell (via Whifflet) or Larkhall (via Hamilton Central) alternately (i.e., hourly trains from Balloch to Motherwell/Larkhall).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alexandria		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Terminus