In 2022/2023, Dumbarton Central had 398,714 entries and exits, making it the 868^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 300^th busiest (out of 997), with 1,048 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1092.37 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 7.32 passengers per service*, giving it the 1,093^rd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 1231.79 passengers passing through the station and 9.18 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 & 2	189	687	Up Platform 1 / Down Platform 2
3	183	665	Up & Down Bi-Directional Loop Platform

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station

Location: Dumbarton Central
CRS: DBC / NLC: 9866 / TIPLOC(S): DMBRTNC
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 239774 675592
Constituency: West Dunbartonshire
Local Authority: West Dunbartonshire
NR Region: Scotland
PTE: Strathclyde
ELR: NEM7 16m 08ch
This station is part of the Strathclyde PTE

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Top 5 jouneys from Dumbarton Central during 2022/2023:
•Glasgow Queen Street (64,961 journeys)
•Partick (19,090 journeys)
•Helensburgh Central (11,637 journeys)
•Charing Cross (Glasgow) (10,504 journeys)
•Singer (8,532 journeys)
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