Falkirk Grahamston railway station
.jpg) Falkirk Grahamston station in 2018, following electrification | |
| General information | |
| Location | Falkirk, Falkirk Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°00′09″N 3°47′08″W / 56.0024°N 3.7856°W |
| Grid reference | NS887802 |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | FKG |
| History | |
| Original company | Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1850 | Opened as Grahamston (Falkirk)[2] |
| 1 February 1903 | Renamed as Falkirk Grahamston[2][3] |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.720 million |
| Interchange | 0.225 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.709 million |
| Interchange | 0.139 million |
| 2020/21 | 92,364 |
| Interchange | 21,817 |
| 2021/22 | 0.342 million |
| Interchange | 0.126 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.489 million |
| Interchange | 59,878 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Falkirk Grahamston railway station is one of two
Falkirk is also served by the railway station at Falkirk High.
History
The line between Polmont and Larbert was built by the
It also became the junction for the
The station was renamed Falkirk Grahamston on 1 February 1903.[3] The original station buildings were replaced by the present ones in 1985/6.,[6] in December 2021, it was announced that this station will become a transport hub, under the name Falkirk Central, as it is located in central Falkirk, though not much information has been said since then.
Services
Monday to Saturday there are 4 trains per hour to
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Edinburgh and Dunblane but no service to Glasgow. Passengers wishing to travel there have to either change at Polmont or use Falkirk High.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line |
Stirling
| ||
| Polmont or Haymarket | Edinburgh–Dunblane Line
|
Camelon | ||
Stirling
|
Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper (southbound only) |
Edinburgh | ||
| Camelon | ScotRail Cumbernauld Line |
Terminus | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Camelon | Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
North British Railway |
Polmont | ||
| Terminus | Grangemouth Railway
Caledonian Railway |
Grangemouth | ||
Recent Improvements
The line through the station and onwards to Larbert/Cumbernauld and to Polmont was electrified in 2018 as part of the second phase of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme funded by Transport Scotland. This has resulted in a timetable recast, with a new Glasgow to Edinburgh via Cumbernauld & Falkirk Grahamston stopping service introduced and services to Edinburgh, Stirling & Dunblane accelerated.[9]
References
Notes
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 107.
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 94.
- ^ a b Awdry 1990, p. 164.
- ^ "Grangemouth Railway". Railscot. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ Crawford, Ewen. "Falkirk Grahamston". Railscot. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable 2016, Table 230 (Network Rail)
- ^ UK NRT Autumn 1999 Edition, Table 230
- ^ Dalton, A. (15 March 2016). "ScotRail announces major increase in daily trains". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
Sources
- OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- OL 11956311M.
- 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. OCLC 22311137.