Stirling railway station, Scotland
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| Platforms at Stirling Railway Station | |||
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| Place | Stirling | ||
| Local authority | Stirling | ||
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| Station code | STG | ||
| Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
| Platforms in use | 7 | ||
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| 2004/05 ** | 1.711 million | ||
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Stirling railway station is a railway station located in Stirling, Scotland.
Stirling was first connected to the Scottish Central Railway in 1848. Lines were operated by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway and the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway. The current station buildings were opened in 1916, and have been refurbished several times, with minor layout changes, and most recently the installation of elevators to enable better access to the footbridge.
From the station, trains operate north to Perth, Inverness and Aberdeen, south west to Glasgow, and east to Edinburgh. The service to Alloa and Dunfermine was stopped in 1968, but the forthcoming reopening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link will partially restore that service with an hourly service from Glasgow to Alloa as an extension of the Croy Line services. This will utilise the existing trains, which currently spend considerable time in one of the bay platforms at Stirling with engines idling, but will, in this otherwise wasted time, proceed to Alloa and return.
Most services are operated by First ScotRail although there is one train a day operated by GNER to London Kings Cross and one in the opposite direction to Inverness Station. The station has 9 platforms, though they are ordered 2 to 10 as the original Platform 1 was removed to make way for a new station car park several years ago, and it was thought unnecessary to change all the platform numbers.
[edit] References
McCutcheon, Bob (1999). Stirling. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-1853-X.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Stirling railway station, Scotland from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Stirling railway station, Scotland from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Falkirk Grahamston | GNER East Coast Main Line |
Gleneagles | ||
| Larbert | First ScotRail |
Bridge of Allan | ||
| Falkirk Grahamston | First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper |
Dunblane | ||
| Larbert | First ScotRail |
Terminates or Alloa from 2007 |
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| Bannockburn Line open; Station closed |
Scottish Central Railway | Bridge of Allan Line and Station open |
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| Terminus | North British Railway |
Causewayhead Line to reopen 2007; station closed |
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| Terminus | North British Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway |
Gargunnock Line and station closed |
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