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.jpg) Larbert railway station following electrification in 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Larbert,Falkirk Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°01′20″N3°49′47″W / 56.0222°N 3.8298°W /56.0222; -3.8298 | ||||
| Grid reference | NS860825 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | LBT | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Scottish Central Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
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| 1 March 1848 | Opened[2] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.890 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.113 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.424 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.602 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.788 million | ||||
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Larbert railway station is arailway station servingLarbert nearFalkirk,Scotland.
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The station was built by theScottish Central Railway, opening on 1 March 1848.[2] It is located on the main line from Glasgow Queen Street toStirling andPerth near to the triangular junction with the line toFalkirk Grahamston andEdinburgh Waverley. The SCR as first constructed linked theEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway main line at Greenhill with theScottish Midland Junction Railway, with branches subsequently constructed toPolmont on the E&GR (theStirlingshire Midland Junction Railway) in 1850 and toDenny in 1858. Both lines hadtriangular junctions with the main line, giving access from the south as well as from Larbert. The Denny branch was also linked into theKilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway from 1882, providing an alternative route to Glasgow viaKirkintilloch and toMaryhill via theKelvin Valley Railway. The station also served as the interchange for theSouth Alloa branch of the SCR from its opening in 1853, which was subsequently linked to theAlloa Railway viaThrosk and a swingbridge over theRiver Forth from 1885.
The Polmont line remains in use today by services to and from Edinburgh, but the Denny line was closed to passengers by theLondon and North Eastern Railway on 28 July 1930, with the Kilsyth branch following suit on 1 February 1935. Freight traffic to Denny and the power station atBonnybridge continued until 1971. Passenger traffic toAlloa over the South Alloa line was withdrawn as a result of theBeeching Axe on 29 January 1968, though line as far as Throsk remained in use forMoD freight traffic until April 1978.
The station building features a plaque commemorating theQuintinshill rail disaster in 1915, as it was from here that the ill-fated troop train involved in the accident originated.
Open access operatorGrand Union Trains plans to use the station on aStirling toLondon Euston service to begin in 2025.[3]
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The station comprises two platforms - one serving northbound services viaStirling, and southbound services viaEdinburgh andGlasgow - linked by a covered walkway.Goods loops exist immediately to the north of the station - which today are mainly used byfreight services, to allow faster passenger trains to overtake.
The station was modernised in the late 1970s with the two major platforms extended in 2004 along with additional security and information signage. With the growth in population of Larbert, the numbers of commuters and passengers using the station has risen in recent years. In common with almost all other stations in Scotland, Larbert station is operated byScotRail who also provide the train services.
In 2007, Larbert station underwent upgrades costing £850,000 with CCTV installed, new bicycle lockers, a footway and cycleways and a bus turning circle.[4] From 2018 the lines through the station are due to be electrified – trains on the Croy Line and the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line will then be operated by new EMUs.[5]
It is located on theEdinburgh to Dunblane andCroy Lines and as such, has regular links to both Glasgow and Edinburgh. Trains run every half-hour to both cities, whilst northbound there are four trains each hour to Stirling - three of these continue toDunblane whilst the other runs toAlloa. Most long-distance services to Perth,Aberdeen andInverness pass through without stopping, though a limited number do call at peak periods (morning southbound and evening northbound).[6] On Sundays, both main routes (Edinburgh – Dunblane and Glasgow – Alloa) run hourly.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Camelon | ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunblane Line | Stirling | ||
| Croy | ScotRail Croy Line | Stirling | ||
| Glasgow Queen Street | ScotRail Highland Main Line | Stirling | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Greenhill Lower Line open; Station closed | Caledonian Railway Scottish Central Railway | Plean Line open; Station closed | ||
| Caledonian Railway Scottish Central Railway | Airth Line open; Station closed | |||
| Camelon Line and Station open | North British Railway Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway | Terminus | ||
