Arden railway station, Scotland

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Arden
General information
Location Falkirk
Scotland
Coordinates 55°53′54″N3°55′16″W / 55.89825°N 3.92106°W / 55.89825; -3.92106
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Slamannan Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
31 December 1840Station opened
1 May 1930Station closed to passengers

Arden railway station was a station on the Slamannan Railway. The line connected mines and villages in the Central Scotland.

Contents

Opened by the Slamannan Railway, then joining the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, was absorbed into the North British Railway. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station was then closed by that company.

The site today

The site has been obliterated by open cast mining. [1]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Whiterigg   North British Railway
Slamannan Railway
  Longriggend

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References

  1. "RAILSCOT | Slamannan Railway".

Sources