Stirling railway station, Scotland

Infobox UK station
name = Stirling
other_name=
code = STG


caption = Platforms at Stirling railway station
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Stirling
borough = Stirling
platforms = 7
usage0405 = 1.711
usage0506 = 1.906
usage0607 = 1.919
years =
events =
years1 =
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Stirling railway station is a railway station located in Stirling, Scotland.

History

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. In 2008 the Travel Centre has also been refurbished to improve disabled access, including power-assisted entrance doors, a wheelchair-accessible counter, and improved customer information systems.

ervices - Past and present

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 reopening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link partially restored that service with an hourly service from Glasgow to Alloa as an extension of the Croy Line services. This utilises the existing trains, which previously spent considerable time in one of the bay platforms at Stirling with engines idling, but now, 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 National Express East Coast to London Kings Cross and one in the opposite direction to Inverness Station. The station has nine 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 not worthwhile changing all the platform numbers. The bay platforms at the north end of the station (Platforms 4 and 5) still exist but are not available to passenger trains.

rail line
previous = Falkirk Grahamston
next = Gleneagles
route = National Express East Coast
East Coast Main Line
col = NXEC colourrail line one to two
previous = Larbert
next1 = Alloa
route1 = First ScotRail

Croy Line
next2 = Bridge of Allan
route2 = First ScotRail

Croy Line
col = FF80C0rail line
previous = Bannockburn
Line open; Station closed
next = Bridge of Allan
Line and Station open
route = Caledonian Railway

"'Scottish Central Railway
col = Caledonian colourrail line
previous =
next = Causewayhead
Line open; station closed
route = North British Railway

Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
col = NBR colourrail line
previous =
next = Gargunnock
Line and station closed
route = North British Railway

Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
col = NBR colour
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