Avonbridge railway station

Avonbridge
General information
Location	Falkirk
History
Original company	Slamannan Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
31 December 1840	Station opened
1 May 1930	Station closed to passengers

Avonbridge railway station was a station on the Slamannan Railway. The line connected mines and villages in the Central Scotland.

History

Opened by the Slamannan Railway, then joining the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, was absorbed into the North British Railway. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station was then closed by that company.

The site today

The station has been demolished but a set of level crossing gates mark the site.[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Glenellrig		North British Railway Slamannan Railway		Blackstone

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map
• RAILSCOT on the Slamannan Railway