Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line

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Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk Line
Principal stations

Glasgow Queen Street
Lenzie (peak only)
Croy
(for Croy Line)
Falkirk High
Polmont
Linlithgow
Haymarket
Edinburgh Waverley

The Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland.

The route serves the following places (Ordnance Survey grid references for stations):

Places Grid references
Glasgow NS592655
Lenzie NS655719
Croy NS729755
Falkirk NS882790
Polmont NS930781
Linlithgow NT005770
Haymarket NT239731
Edinburgh NT257738

Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail. The line is not electrified.

The route has historic significance as it was Scotland's first inter-city railway, opening in 1842 as the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. It later became a key constituent of the North British Railway.

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Railway lines in Scotland
Main lines: East Coast - West Coast - Ayrshire Coast - Glasgow-Dundee (via Perth) - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Carstairs) - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Falkirk) - Edinburgh-Aberdeen - Glasgow South Western - Highland
Glasgow commuter
lines:		 █ Argyle - █ Ayrshire Coast - █ Cathcart Circle - █ Croy - █ Cumbernauld - █ Inverclyde - █ Maryhill - █ Motherwell-Cumbernauld - █ North Clyde - █ Paisley Canal - █ Shotts - █ South Western - █ Whifflet
Edinburgh commuter
lines:		 █ Bathgate - █ Crossrail - █ Dunblane - █ Fife Circle - █ North Berwick - █ Shotts
Rural lines: Aberdeen-Inverness - Far North - Kyle of Lochalsh - Tay Coast - West Highland
Future lines: Waverley - Airdrie to Bathgate - Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link - Edinburgh Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Crossrail
Historical Scottish Railway Companies: Ardrossan Railway - Annbank to Cronberry - Ayr and Dalmellington - Ayr to Mauchline - Bathgate and Coatbridge - Bridge of Weir Railway - Busby Railway - Callander and Oban - Cathcart District - City Union - Clydesdale Junction - Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead - Crieff & Methven - Crieff Junction - Darvel Branch - Dunblane, Doune & Callander - Edinburgh and Glasgow - Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction - General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour - Glasgow and Paisley Joint - Glasgow and Garnkirk - Glasgow and Renfrew District - Glasgow Central Railway - Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint - Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh - Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle - Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr - Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock - Greenock and Ayrshire - Invergarry and Fort Augustus - Kilbarchan Loop - Killin Railway - Kilmarnock and Troon - Kincardine Line - Lanarkshire and Ayrshire - Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire - Maidens and Dunure - Mallaig Extension - Monkland and Kirkintilloch - Morayshire Railway - Paisley and Renfrew - Perth, Almond Valley & Methven - Polloc and Govan - Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint - Rutherglen and Coatbridge - Scottish Central Railway - Stirling and Dunfermline - Sutherland and Caithness - West Highland Railway - Wick and Lybster


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