Falkirk High railway station

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Coordinates: 55°59′31″N 3°47′34″W / 55.99194, -3.79278

Falkirk High
Location
Place	Falkirk
Local authority	Falkirk
Operations
Station code	FKK
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	0.351 million
2004/05 *	0.533 million
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Falkirk High from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Falkirk High railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line.

Contents 1 Services 2 Statue 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Services

Falkirk High Station is open 7 days per week, at peak times 8 trains per hours stop; 4 for Glasgow via Croy and 4 for Edinburgh via Polmont and Linlithgow.

Journey times to Edinburgh vary from 27 minutes to 38 minutes depending on stopping stations and time of day; to Glasgow the journey time is between 18 and 26 minutes.

Train services are provided by First ScotRail.

Falkirk is also served by a railway station at Falkirk Grahamston.

[edit] Statue

Falkirk High station is home to the metal sculpture of "Antonine the Legendary Engine" by George Wyllie. This sculpture is of sufficient importance to be listed and protected by the Railway Heritage Committee [1]

[edit] Trivia

The station is mentioned in the song "Loneliness Shines" by Malcolm Middleton, in which he calls it his "favourite place" [2].

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Falkirk High railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Croy		First ScotRail Glasgow-Edinburgh Line		Polmont