Bonnybridge High railway station

Bonnybridge High
Location
Place	Bonnybridge
Area	Falkirk
Coordinates	55°59′32″N 3°52′35″W / 55.9921°N 3.8764°W / 55.9921; -3.8764Coordinates: 55°59′32″N 3°52′35″W / 55.9921°N 3.8764°W / 55.9921; -3.8764
Operations
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	2
History
21 April 1842	Opened as Bonnybridge[1]
1953	Renamed as Bonnybridge High[1]
14 June 1965	Name reverted to Bonnybridge High[1]
6 March 1967	Closed[1]
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Bonnybridge High railway station was a railway station serving the village of Bonnybridge. The station was originally part of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

History

The station opened on 21 April 1842 as Bonnybridge,^[1] although there was a station of the same name on the nearby Caledonian Railway Main Line. This E&GR station was not renamed to Bonnybridge High until 1953,^[1] after the closure of the CR station in the 1930s.^[1] The station name reverted to its original in 1965 for the last two years of its existence.^[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Castlecary Line open, station closed		Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway		Falkirk High Line and station open

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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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.