Balloch railway station is a railway station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 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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. The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line

North Clyde Line

The North Clyde Line is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by First ScotRail, on behalf of Transport Scotland...

, 31 km (19¾ miles) north west of Glasgow Queen Street railway station

Glasgow Queen Street railway station

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. The station is managed by First ScotRail

First ScotRail

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.

History

Balloch station opened on 24 April 1988, replacing the former station which was situated immediately north of a level crossing

Level crossing

A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...

. Closure of this level crossing was made possible by the new station being located south thereof.

2006/07

There is a half-hourly service from Balloch to Glasgow Queen Street Monday - Saturday. Services continue to , Monday to Saturday daytimes and in the evenings.

On Sundays a service runs via , Glasgow

Glasgow

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's primary station; from Central, services continue to via and .

Services terminate here on the single platform, and remain there for around ten minutes, if possible, before departing.