Falkirk High railway station
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Falkirk High railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and situated on the southern edge of the town, close to the Union Canal.
Falkirk is also served by the railway station at Falkirk Grahamston.
History
The station was opened as Falkirk with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 21 February 1842.[1] Edinburgh-bound services initially terminated at Template:Rws, but were subsequently extended to the North British Railway's station at Edinburgh Waverley in 1846.[2] The NBR took over operations in 1865 when it absorbed the E&GR, with the London and North Eastern Railway succeeding it at the 1923 Grouping.
In 1903, the station was renamed as Falkirk High recognising it being one of several stations in the town (the others being Template:Rws and Template:Rws on the Template:Rws to Larbert/Greenhill loop line) and its location above the town.[3]
Services
Falkirk High station is open (and staffed) seven days per week; at off-peak times eight trains per hour stop, four for Glasgow via Croy and four for Edinburgh via Polmont and Linlithgow. This drops to every half-hour each way in the evenings.
Journey times to Edinburgh vary from 27 minutes to 38 minutes depending on stopping stations and time of day; to Glasgow the journey time is between 18 and 26 minutes.
On Sundays there is a half-hourly service in each direction.[4]
Train services are provided by ScotRail.
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Polmont | style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | ScotRail Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line |
style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Croy |
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| Polmont Line and station open |
North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
Bonnybridge High Line open, station closed | ||
Statue
Falkirk High station is home to the metal sculpture of "Antonine the Legendary Engine" by George Wyllie. This sculpture is of sufficient importance to be listed and protected by the Railway Heritage Committee.[5]
References
Notes
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- ↑ and Glasgow Railway Railscot Chronology - Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway Template:Webarchive Railscot; Retrieved 2014-01-29
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- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable May 2016 Edition, Table 228
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- Railway stations in Falkirk (council area)
- Former North British Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1842
- Railway stations served by ScotRail
- Buildings and structures in Falkirk
- 1842 establishments in Scotland