Larbert railway station
Larbert LMS | |||||
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| Key dates | |||||
| 1 March 1848 | Opened[2] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.890 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.113 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.424 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.602 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.788 million | ||||
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Larbert railway station is a
.History
The station was built by the
The Polmont line remains in use today by services to and from Edinburgh, but the Denny line was closed to passengers by the
The station building features a plaque commemorating the Quintinshill rail disaster in 1915, as it was from here that the ill-fated troop train involved in the accident originated.
Open access operator Grand Union Trains plans to use the station on a Stirling to London Euston service to begin in 2025.[3]
Location
The station comprises two platforms - one serving northbound services via
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 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.[4] From 2018 the lines through the station are due to be electrified – trains on the Croy Line and the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line will then be operated by new EMUs.[5]
Services
It is located on the
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camelon | Edinburgh to Dunblane Line
|
Stirling
| ||
| Croy | ScotRail Croy Line |
Stirling
| ||
| Glasgow Queen Street | ScotRail Highland Main 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 |
Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
|
Terminus | ||
References
Notes
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 139
- ^ "Grand Union optimistic of approval for spacious new Stirling-London train service on west coast main line". The Scotsman. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Train station facelift unveiled BBC News, 15 June 2007
- ^ "Electrification Programme"Transport Scotland; Retrieved 18 August 2016
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable 2013–14, Table 230 (Network Rail)
Sources
- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
- Marshall, Peter (1998). The Scottish Central Railway: Perth to Stirling. Usk, Monmouthshire: ISBN 0-8536-1522-5.
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