Camelon railway station
Camelon railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Camelon in Falkirk, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Dunblane and Cumbernauld Lines. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail. The present station was opened in 1994.
Camelon  | |
|---|---|
| Scottish Gaelic: Camalan[1] | |
.jpg) Camelon railway station in 2018, following electrification | |
| Location | |
| Place | Camelon |
| Local authority | Falkirk |
| Coordinates | 56.0062°N 3.8182°W |
| Grid reference | NS867807 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CMO |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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| History | |
| Original company | Railtrack |
| 1850 | Opened as Camelon |
| 1903 | Renamed Falkirk (Camelon) |
| 4 September 1967 | Closed |
| 4 October 1994[2] | Reopened as Camelon |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Camelon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
History
The original station at Camelon, opened in 1850 and closed on 4 September 1967, was located about 250 yds east of the present station. It was called Camelon from its opening until 1903 when it was renamed Falkirk (Camelon) until its closure. The old station was a simple island platform with a ticket office and waiting room; access was from under the station via a set of stairs that led from a roadbridge.
The modern station has all the trappings of a 21st-century station, with both platforms accessible by wheelchair users, extensive use of CCTV and help points. There is free parking owned by the local authority adjacent to the south platform. This serves the nearby leisure facilities.
Services
From Camelon, direct train services run to Glasgow (via Cumbernauld), Edinburgh and Dunblane, with a change required at Stirling for trains to Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness, change at Glasgow or Edinburgh for trains to the south of Scotland and to England.
Trains on the Edinburgh – Dunblane route run every half hour and those to Cumbernauld and Glasgow run hourly.[3] There are no Glasgow trains on Sundays, whilst the Edinburgh to Dunblane route operates hourly each way.
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falkirk Grahamston | Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh–Dunblane Line |
Larbert | ||
| Cumbernauld | Abellio ScotRail Cumbernauld Line |
Falkirk Grahamston | ||
References
Notes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt 1995, p. 52.
- Table 226 & 230 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Butt, R. V. J. (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.
- 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.