Larbert railway station

Larbert
Scots: Lairbert / Scottish Gaelic: Lèirbert[1]
The eastbound platform (looking west) at Larbert railway station
Location
Place	Larbert
Local authority	Falkirk
Operations
Station code	LBT
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.428 million
2005/06 *	0.469 million
2006/07 *	0.492 million
2007/08 *	0.548 million
2008/09 *	0.637 million
History
Original company	Scottish Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 March 1848	Opened[2]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Larbert from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Larbert railway station is a railway station serving Larbert near Falkirk, Scotland.

Contents 1 History 2 Location 3 Services 4 References 4.1 Notes 4.2 Sources

History

The station was built by the Scottish Central Railway, opening on 1 March 1848.^[2] The station building features a plaque commemorating the Quintinshill rail disaster in 1915.

Location

The station comprises two platforms - one serving northbound services via Stirling, and southbound services via Edinburgh and Glasgow - linked by a covered walkway. Goods loops exist immediately to the north of the station - which today are mainly used by freight services, to allow for the passage of passenger services.

The station was modernised in the late 1970s with the two major platforms extended in 2004 along with additional security and information signage. With the growth in population of Larbert, the numbers of commuters and passengers using the station has risen in recent years. In common with almost all other stations in Scotland, Larbert station is operated by First ScotRail who also provide the train services.

In 2007, Larbert station underwent upgrades costing £850,000 with CCTV installed, new bicycle lockers, a footway and cycleways and a bus turning circle.^[3]

Services

It is located on the Edinburgh to Dunblane and Croy Lines.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Camelon		First ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunblane Line		Stirling
Croy		First ScotRail Croy Line		Stirling
	Historical railways
Greenhill Lower Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Scottish Central Railway		Plean Line open; Station closed
		Caledonian Railway Scottish Central Railway		Airth Line open; Station closed
Camelon Line and Station open		North British Railway Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway		Terminus

References

Notes

1. ^ List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland
2. ^ ^{a b} Butt (1995), page 139
3. ^ Train station facelift unveiled BBC News, 15 June 2007

Sources

• 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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Marshall, Peter (1998). The Scottish Central Railway : Perth to Stirling. Usk, Monmouthshire: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1522-5. 

• RAILSCOT on Scottish Central Railway