Bonnybridge High railway station

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Bonnybridge High
Bonnybridge (High) railway geograph-2357200-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
The station in 1957
General information
Location Bonnybridge, Falkirk
Scotland
Coordinates 55°59′32″N3°52′35″W / 55.9921°N 3.8764°W / 55.9921; -3.8764 Coordinates: 55°59′32″N3°52′35″W / 55.9921°N 3.8764°W / 55.9921; -3.8764
Grid reference NS830792
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
21 April 1842Opened as Bonnybridge [1]
1953Renamed Bonnybridge High [1]
14 June 1965Name reverted to Bonnybridge [1]
6 March 1967Closed [1]

Bonnybridge High railway station was a railway station serving the village of Bonnybridge. The station was originally part of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

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History

The station opened on 21 April 1842 as Bonnybridge, [1] although there was a station of the same name on the nearby Caledonian Railway Main Line. This E&GR station was not renamed to Bonnybridge High until 1953, [1] after the closure of the CR station in the 1930s. [1] The station name reverted to its original in 1965 for the last two years of its existence. [1]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Falkirk High
Line and station open
  North British Railway
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
  Upper Greenhill
Line open, station closed

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Butt (1995) page 39

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