Falkirk Grahamston railway station

Falkirk Grahamston
The eastbound platform at Falkirk Grahamston railway station, looking westward
Location
Place	Falkirk
Local authority	Falkirk
Coordinates	56.003°N 3.785°W / 56.003; -3.785
Operations
Station code	FKG
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.959 million
2005/06 *	0.941 million
2006/07 *	0.662 million
2007/08 *	0.553 million
2008/09 *	0.531 million
History
Original company	Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
1 October 1850	Opened as Grahamston (Falkirk)
1 February 1903	Renamed as Falkirk Grahamston
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Falkirk Grahamston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

The view from the footbridge at Falkirk Grahamston, looking towards the east.

Falkirk Grahamston railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line. Cumbernauld Line trains also terminate here. Train services are provided by First ScotRail. The "Highland Chieftain", the daily East Coast service from London King's Cross to Inverness and vice versa also calls here.

Falkirk is also served by the railway station at Falkirk High.

History

The line between Polmont and Larbert was built by the Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway, which was absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway prior to opening. The line opened on 1 October 1850, as did the station known as Grahamston (Falkirk). The station was renamed Falkirk Grahamston on 1 February 1903. The station was rebuilt in its current form in 1986.^{[citation needed]}

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Haymarket		East Coast East Coast Main Line		Stirling
Polmont		First ScotRail  Edinburgh–Dunblane Line		Camelon
Stirling		First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper (southbound only)		Preston
Camelon		First ScotRail Cumbernauld Line		Terminus
	Historical railways
Camelon		Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway North British Railway		Polmont
Terminus		Grangemouth Railway Caledonian Railway		Grangemouth

References

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• 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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• "RAILSCOT on Grangemouth Railway". http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Grangemouth_Railway/frame.htm. Retrieved 29 September 2011.