Falkirk Grahamston railway station

Falkirk Grahamston
The eastbound platform at Falkirk Grahamston railway station, looking westward
Location
Place Falkirk
Local authority Falkirk
Operations
Station code FKG
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
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Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   0.959 million
2005/06 * 0.941 million
2006/07 * 0.662 million
2007/08 * 0.553 million
2008/09 * 0.531 million
History
Original company Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
1 October 1850 Opened as Grahamston (Falkirk)[1]
1 February 1903 Renamed as Falkirk Grahamston[1][2]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Falkirk Grahamston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Falkirk Grahamston railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line. Cumbernauld Line trains also terminate here. Train services are provided by First ScotRail. The "Highland Chieftain", the daily East Coast service from London King's Cross to Inverness and vice versa also calls here.

Falkirk is also served by the railway station at Falkirk High.

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History

The line between Polmont and Larbert was built by the Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway, which was absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway prior to opening.[3] The line opened on 1 October 1850, as did the station known as Grahamston (Falkirk).[3][1] The station was renamed Falkirk Grahamston on 1 February 1903.[2] The station was rebuilt in its current form in 1986.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Haymarket   East Coast
East Coast Main Line		   Stirling
Polmont   First ScotRail

 Edinburgh–Dunblane Line 

   Camelon
Stirling   First ScotRail
Highland Caledonian Sleeper
(southbound only)		   Preston
Camelon   First ScotRail

Cumbernauld Line

   Terminus
Historical railways
Camelon   Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway

North British Railway

   Polmont
Terminus   Grangemouth Railway

Caledonian Railway

   Grangemouth

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995) page 107
  2. ^ a b Butt (1995) page 94
  3. ^ a b Awdry (1990) page 164

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