Helensburgh Central railway station

Helensburgh Central Scottish Gaelic: Baile Eilidh Meadhain[1]
The station seen in 2013
General information
Location	Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute Scotland
Coordinates	56°00′14″N 4°43′53″W / 56.0038°N 4.7315°W / 56.0038; -4.7315
Grid reference	NS297823
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	HLC[2]
Fare zone	D4
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
31 May 1858[3]	Opened as Helensburgh
8 June 1953[3]	Renamed Helensburgh Central
Passengers
2018/19	0.753 million
2019/20	0.717 million
2020/21	81,510
2021/22	0.371 million
2022/23	0.500 million
Listed Building – Category B
Designated	21 March 2002
Reference no.	LB48538[4]
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Helensburgh Central railway station (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Eilidh Meadhain) serves the town of Helensburgh on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited 24 miles 31 chains (39.2 km) from Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill.^[5] Passenger services are operated by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

The station is Helensburgh's main railway station, the other being the much smaller Helensburgh Upper on the West Highland Line.