Falkirk High railway station

"Falkirk High" redirects here. See also Falkirk High School.

Falkirk High Scottish Gaelic: Bràighe na h-Eaglaise Brice [1]
General information
Location	Falkirk, Falkirk Scotland
Coordinates	55°59′30″N3°47′33″W / 55.9917°N 3.7924°W / 55.9917; -3.7924
Grid reference	NS882791
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FKK
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
21 February 1842	Opened as Falkirk [2]
1 February 1903	Renamed as Falkirk High [2] [3]
Passengers
2020/21	0.117 million
Interchange	534
Polmont Line and station open		North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway		Bonnybridge High Line open, station closed

Statue

Falkirk High station is home to the metal sculpture of "Antonine the Legendary Engine" by George Wyllie. This sculpture is of sufficient importance to be listed and protected by the Railway Heritage Committee. ^[7]

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995) , p. 93
3. Butt (1995) , p. 94
4. and Glasgow Railway Railscot Chronology - Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railscot; Retrieved 2014-01-29
5. GB National Rail Timetable May 2016 Edition, Table 228
6. https://www.lumo.co.uk/who-we-are/lumonews/new-low-cost-train-launches-linking-glasgow-with-north-east-and-london
7. "Railway Heritage Committee List of Designations, Undertakings, and Disposals (as at 12th August 2011)". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

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.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL   11956311M.
• 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.