Allandale railway station (Scotland): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox station

| name = Allandale

| image =

| borough = [[Allandale, Falkirk|Allandale]], [[Falkirk (council area)|Falkirk]]

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|55|59|6|N|3|55|47|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| opening = proposed, not yet scheduled

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'''Allandale railway station''' was a rail station proposed for the line between [[Cumbernauld]] and [[Falkirk]] near the villages of [[Allandale, Falkirk|Allandale]] and [[Castlecary]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-15 |title=2005/2006 costs - Allandale/Bonnybridge Railway Station - a Freedom of Information request to Falkirk Council |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/20052006_costs_allandalebonnybri |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=WhatDoTheyKnow |language=en}}</ref> The station was recommended in the [[Scottish Executive]]'s "Central Scotland Transport Corridor Studies", published in January, 2003 as Castlecary railway station.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2003 |title=Building Better Transport |url=https://www.edinburghtraminquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CEC02083844.pdf |publisher=Scottish Executive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2006 |title=Question reference: S2W-23924 |url=https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/questions-and-answers/question?ref=S2W-23924 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Scottish Parliament |language=en}}</ref> However, the scheme's promoters were persuaded to change the name of the station to avoid confusion with an existing [[Castle Cary railway station]] in [[Castle Cary]], [[Somerset]].

The proposed Allandale station was to have been sited on the former Castlecary brickworks. Services intended for the station included those from [[Glasgow Queen Street railway station|Glasgow Queen Street]] to [[Falkirk Grahamston railway station|Falkirk Grahamston]]; a new service from the station to Queen Street; and a half-hourly service between [[Motherwell railway station|Motherwell]] and [[Stirling railway station, Scotland|Stirling]].

Plans for the station were abandoned in favour of an alternative park and ride facility at [[Bannockburn]], according to [[Scottish Parliament]] written answers for 23 August 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2007 |title=Question reference: S3W-02664 |url=https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/questions-and-answers/question?ref=S3W-02664 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Scottish Parliament |language=en}}</ref>

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