Avonbridge railway station

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Avonbridge
General information
Location Falkirk
Scotland
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]
1 May 1930Station closed to passengers [1]
Location
Avonbridge railway station

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

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History

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 station has been demolished. A set of level crossing gates survived into the 1980s, but these have since been removed, and no sign of the station remains [2]

Preceding stationHistorical railwaysFollowing station
Glenellrig   North British Railway
Slamannan Railway
  Blackstone

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995)
  2. ↑ Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Avonbridge - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

Sources

55°56′12″N3°44′48″W / 55.93672°N 3.74660°W / 55.93672; -3.74660


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