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Dalmuir

CRS Code DMR
Collected date 13/04/06

Dalmuir sign

Dalmuir station, west of Glasgow, forms an interchange with two lines heading east via different routes towards Glasgow Central and the Highland Line heading northwest.

The approach to the station from its southern side:

Dalmuir approach

Nos strictly related to the station, but it amused me. This dougnut-shaped collection of garages lies just south of the station:

Dalmuir doughnut

The entrance from the south gives on to platform 1:

Dalmuir platform 1 looking east

Looking west from platform 1:

Dalmuir platform 1 looking west

A footbridge connects platform 1 to the island platforms 2 and 3:

Dalmuir platforms 1 and 2 footbridge

Looking down the footbridge steps at platforms 2 and 3:

Dalmuir platforms 2 and 3 from
footbridge looking east

Looking west from the footbridge along the line:

Dalmuir from platform 2/3
footbridge looking west

The steps from platforms 2 and 3 up to the footbridges, to the left back to platform 1, and to the right onwards to platforms 4 and 5:

Dalmuir steps

The station building on platform 2:

Dalmuir platform 2 building

A wooden shelter on the front of the platform 2 building covers a small ticket window:

Dalmuir ticket office

A piled up collection of portacabins at the eastern end of platform 2:

Dalmuir portacabins

In the fork formed by the diverging lines an access road approaches platform 2/3 from the east:

Dalmuir exit road

Platform 3, seen from the footbridge:

Dalmuir platform 3

Looking east along platform 3:

Dalmuir platform 3 looking east

The footbridges have high sides, making them feel slightly claustrophobic. In the footbridge leading to platforms 4 and 5, looking back towards platforms 2 and 3:

Dalmuir in footbridge

Looking west along platforms 4 and 5:

Dalmuir platforms 4 and 5 looking west

Looking east down the steps at platforms 4 and 5:

Dalmuir platforms 4 and 5 steps