Balloch Central railway station was the main railway station

Train station

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 serving the town of Balloch

Balloch, West Dunbartonshire

Balloch is a small town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, at the foot of Loch Lomond. The name comes from the Gaelic for "the pass".Balloch is at the north end of the Vale of Leven, straddling the River Leven itself. It connects to the larger town of Alexandria and to the smaller village of...

 in Scotland

Scotland

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. It was opened on 15 July 1850 by the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway

Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway

The Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway, also known as Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway, was built to connect Balloch at the southern end of Loch Lomond down the course of the river Leven to Dumbarton, and east along the north bank of the River Clyde to Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, at...

.

Operations

For most of its passenger services, it was the terminal station. A few services, connecting with the steamer services to Tarbet and Inversnaid

Inversnaid

Inversnaid is a village on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland, near the north end of the loch. It has a pier and a hotel, and the West Highland Way passes through the village. A small passenger ferry runs from Inversnaid to Inveruglas on the opposite shore of the loch. To reach Inversnaid by...

, continued to . This pattern of service continued after electrification

Railway electrification in Great Britain

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 of the line in the 1960s.

Closure

The station was closed on 23 April 1988 and was replaced by station, situated immediately south of a level crossing

Level crossing

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. This relocation allowed the level crossing to be closed.
Today the station building has been converted into the Tourist Information Centre. A section of platform survives behind the building.