Helensburgh Central railway station
Helensburgh Central 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Baile Eilidh Meadhain | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Helensburgh |
| Local authority | Argyll and Bute |
| Coordinates | 56°00′14″N 4°43′53″W / 56.0038°N 4.7315°WCoordinates: 56°00′14″N 4°43′53″W / 56.0038°N 4.7315°W |
| Grid reference | NS297823 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HLC |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.210 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.192 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.826 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.843 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.811 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 28 May 1858 | Opened as Helensburgh |
| 8 June 1953 | Renamed Helensburgh Central |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Helensburgh Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Helensburgh Central railway station 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, 24 miles (38 km) north west of Glasgow Queen Street railway station. Passenger services are operated by Abellio 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.
The station was opened in 1858 (as Helensburgh), as the terminus of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway and is located in the centre of the town. The GD&HR was taken over by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway company in 1862, which in turn was absorbed by the North British Railway three years later. The entire station building and platforms were rebuilt in 1897 to the design of James Carswell.
The route became part of the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 Grouping and then the Scottish Region of British Railways at nationalisation on 1 January 1948. It was given its current name in June 1953, with electric operation beginning in November 1960 as part of the North Clyde modernisation scheme.
Three of the four original platforms at the station remain in use, though the old engine shed and signal box have both been closed, the latter in 1989, when the entire North Clyde network came under the control of Yoker signalling centre. The line from Craigendoran Junction had previously been singled in 1984.
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