Singer railway station is a two-platformed staffed station serving

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town centre,

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. It is located on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line between

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and Dalmuir, from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via

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. All passenger services are provided by

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History

Constructed in 1907, Singer station took its name from the large Singer sewing machine factory that it was built to serve. History of the station within the sewing machine factory is not well-documented. The 'station' inside the factory - and the factory itself - were demolished in or before 1998. The main station replaced the former Kilbowie station, and soon after opening in 1907, it was renamed to Singer for Kilbowie and Radnor Park, reverting to just Singer some time in May 1948. Until 1996, Singer was the nearest station to

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, former home of

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Passenger volume

The statistics cover twelve-month periods that start in April.

Services

On Mondays-Saturdays, trains between and stop each way every 30 minutes. In addition to these North Clyde Line services, there are two Argyle Line trains per hour between and . On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service to

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via Airdrie and to . There is also one train per day from

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which calls here in the morning peak to Glasgow Queen Street. This operates via Maryhill.eNRT December 2023, Table 206 https://timetables.fabdigital.uk/nrt/dec2023/206%20Glasgow%20to%20Partick,%20Milngavie,%20Yoker,%20Dalmuir,%20Dumbarton,%20Balloch%20and%20Helensburgh.pdf

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