Stirling railway station, Scotland

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Stirling
Platforms at Stirling railway station
Location
Place Stirling
Local authority Stirling
Operations
Station code STG
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 7
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 1.711 million
2005/06 * 1.906 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 Stirling from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Stirling railway station is a railway station located in Stirling, Scotland.

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[edit] History

Stirling was first connected to the Scottish Central Railway in 1848. Lines were operated by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway and the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway. The current station buildings were opened in 1916, and have been refurbished several times, with minor layout changes, and most recently the installation of elevators to enable better access to the footbridge.

[edit] Services - Past and present

From the station, trains operate north to Perth, Inverness and Aberdeen, south west to Glasgow, and east to Edinburgh. The service to Alloa and Dunfermine was stopped in 1968, but the reopening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link partially restored that service with an hourly service from Glasgow to Alloa as an extension of the Croy Line services. This utilises the existing trains, which previously spent considerable time in one of the bay platforms at Stirling with engines idling, but now, in this otherwise wasted time, proceed to Alloa and return.

Most services are operated by First ScotRail although there is one train a day operated by National Express East Coast to London Kings Cross and one in the opposite direction to Inverness Station. The station has nine platforms, though they are ordered 2 to 10 as the original Platform 1 was removed to make way for a new station car park several years ago, and it was not worthwhile changing all the platform numbers. The bay platforms at the north end of the station (Platforms 4 and 5) still exist but are not available to passenger trains.

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Falkirk Grahamston   National Express East Coast
East Coast Main Line		   Gleneagles
Larbert   First ScotRail

 Edinburgh–Dunblane Line 

   Bridge of Allan
Preston   First ScotRail
Highland Caledonian Sleeper
(northbound)		   Dunblane
Dunblane   First ScotRail
Highland Caledonian Sleeper
(southbound)		   Falkirk Grahamston
Larbert   First ScotRail

Croy Line

   Alloa
  First ScotRail

Croy Line

   Bridge of Allan
Historical Railways
Bannockburn
Line open; Station closed		   Caledonian Railway

 Scottish Central Railway

   Bridge of Allan
Line and Station open
Terminus   North British Railway

 Stirling and Dunfermline Railway

   Causewayhead
Line open; station closed
Terminus   North British Railway

 Forth and Clyde Junction Railway

   Gargunnock
Line and station closed


[edit] References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

[edit] Gallery

The front of Stirling railway station, with the Wallace Monument and Dumyat visible in the background.

Stirling station looking towards Larbert.


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