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.jpg) Falkirk Grahamston station in 2018, following electrification | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Falkirk,Falkirk Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°00′09″N3°47′08″W / 56.0024°N 3.7856°W /56.0024; -3.7856 | ||||
| Grid reference | NS887802 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FKG | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 October 1850 | Opened asGrahamston (Falkirk)[2] | ||||
| 1 February 1903 | Renamed asFalkirk Grahamston[2][3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  92,364 | ||||
| Interchange | 21,817 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.342 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.126 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.489 million | ||||
| Interchange | 59,878 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.580 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.108 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.612 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.120 million | ||||
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Falkirk Grahamston railway station is one of tworailway stations serving the town ofFalkirk inScotland. It is located on theEdinburgh to Dunblane Line and also theCumbernauld Line. Train services are provided byScotRail. The "Highland Chieftain", the dailyLondon North Eastern Railway service fromLondon King's Cross toInverness and vice versa also calls here.
Falkirk is also served by the railway station atFalkirk High.
The line between Polmont and Larbert was built by theStirlingshire Midland Junction Railway, which was absorbed by theEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway prior to opening.[4] The line opened on 1 October 1850, as did the station known asGrahamston (Falkirk).[2][4] The subsequent addition of a chord line at Carmuirs to create atriangular junction there also gave access to theScottish Central Railway and hence the E&G main line at Greenhill, creating a parallel relief route to the busy E&G line that was often used by local stopping trains between the two cities.
It also became the junction for theGrangemouth Railway, when the branch to the port of the same name on theFirth of Forth was opened in 1860/61 – this line was notable in that it was promoted and built by theForth and Clyde Canal Company rather than any of the local railways, in order to maintain the F&CC's monopoly of the harbour there. The branch was initially worked by the E&G, but when the canal company was subsequently bought out by theCaledonian Railway, it passed into their hands; thereafter the E&G's successor theNorth British Railway had running powers over it. Passenger services there were withdrawn on 29 January 1968 as a result of theBeeching Axe, but the branch is still open for freight to the port and associatedoil refinery and petrochemical plant.[5]
The station was renamedFalkirk Grahamston on 1 February 1903.[3] The original station buildings were replaced by the present ones in 1985/6.,[6] in December 2021, it was announced that this station will become a transport hub, under the name Falkirk Central, as it is located in central Falkirk, though not much information has been said since then.
Monday to Saturday there are 4 trains per hour toEdinburgh Waverley eastbound and 2-3 trains per hour westbound toDunblane viaStirling. Train times to Edinburgh Waverley vary around 34 minutes. There are also 2 trains per hour to and fromGlasgow Queen Street viaCumbernauld, with journey times from 39 minutes to 43 minutes.London Northern Eastern Railway operate one train per day toStirling, one train per day toInverness and two trains per day toLondon King's Cross. Glasgow services were diverted via Cumbernauld (rather than their former routing viaCroy) in September 1999[7] in order to free up paths on the busy E&G main line.
On Sundays there is an hourly service toEdinburgh andDunblane but no service toGlasgow. Passengers wishing to travel there have to either change atPolmont or useFalkirk High.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line | Stirling | ||
| Polmont orHaymarket | ScotRail Edinburgh–Dunblane Line | Camelon | ||
| Stirling | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper (southbound only) | Edinburgh | ||
| Camelon | ScotRail Cumbernauld Line | Terminus | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Camelon | Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway North British Railway | Polmont | ||
| Terminus | Grangemouth Railway Caledonian Railway | Grangemouth | ||
The line through the station and onwards to Larbert/Cumbernauld and to Polmont was electrified in 2018 as part of the second phase of theEdinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme funded byTransport Scotland. This has resulted in a timetable recast, with a new Glasgow to Edinburgh via Cumbernauld & Falkirk Grahamston stopping service introduced and services to Edinburgh, Stirling & Dunblane accelerated.[8]
