Following a competition,the current station buildings were constructed by Caledonian Railway in 1912-15 by James Miller and William A. Paterson,at a cost of £36,291.[5] They have undergone several refurbishments (with minor layout changes),the most recent change being the installation of lifts to enable better access to the footbridge linking Platform 2 with Platforms 3 to 8.
The line to Balloch lost its passenger services in 1934 and closed as a through route in 1942,although the section from Stirling to Port of Menteith remained open for freight until 1959. The main line from Stirling to Dunfermline was not scheduled for closure under the Beeching Axe,but it was nevertheless closed in 1968. It has since been partly reopened as far as Alloa (see below). Oban services via the C&O line ended with the Beeching cuts in 1965,and the main terminus in Glasgow for services from Stirling changed from the former C.R. station at Buchanan Street to Queen Street the following year.
In 1968 Stirling East Station and Stirling Station were formally merged.
A Motorail service ran between London and Stirling until 1989.[6]
In 2008,the travel centre was refurbished to improve disabled access,including power-assisted entrance doors,a wheelchair-accessible counter,and improved customer information systems. In 2009,a shelter was erected on Platforms 9 and 10,and LED display boards replaced the CRT screens,including new displays for Platforms 9 and 10 and the bay Platforms 7 and 8. (Up to c.1988,a large flip-dot display was located above the main concourse;this was removed and the space filled in with a large "Welcome to Stirling Station" sign.) From December 2009,automated announcements were provided,replacing the manual announcements made from the supervisor's office on Platform 3. In 2013,a new public address system was installed.[7] In 2018,work began to refurbish the footbridge. It was raised to allow the tracks underneath to be electrified,and lifts installed to allow step-free access to platform 9.[8] The refurbished bridge was opened on 9 September 2019.[9]
The Stirling Area Command of the Forth Valley Division of Police Scotland cover the territorial area the Stirling NPT cover and will assist when the BTP officers are not available.
Services
A Abellio ScotRail Class 170 at StirlingThe station during electrification works
Trains operate north to Dunblane (three trains per hour),to Perth,Dundee and Aberdeen (hourly),Inverness (four trains per day),south west to Glasgow Queen Street (three trains per hour),and east to Edinburgh Waverley (half-hourly).[12] The service to Alloa and Dunfermline was withdrawn in October 1968,but the reopening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link partially restored that service with an hourly service from Glasgow to Alloa as an extension of the Croy Line services. This utilises the existing DMU from Glasgow,which previously spent considerable time in one of the bay platforms at Stirling with engines idling,but now utilises the layover time to make the return trip to &from Alloa.
Most services are operated by ScotRail;with one train per day southbound to London Kings Cross and one train per day northbound to Inverness operated by London North Eastern Railway;and one train per day Sunday –Friday southbound to London Euston and northbound to Inverness operated by Caledonian Sleeper. The station has nine platforms,though they are ordered 2 to 10. The site of Platform 1 is now occupied by a car park;the platforms were not renumbered. The bay platforms at the north end of the station (Platforms 4 and 5) survive but are not available to passenger trains. The bay platforms at the south end of the station (Platforms 7 and 8) are not normally used for weekday services,but the first services of the day use trains that have been stabled there overnight and they have been fitted with passenger information displays.
The lines from Glasgow to Alloa and from Polmont to Dunblane were resignalled and electrified by 2018 as part of the rolling modernisation work associated with the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1sted.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC22311137.
McCutcheon, Bob (1999). Stirling. Tempus Publishing. ISBN0-7524-1853-X.
Further reading
Jones, Ben (February 2008). "Location Inspiration: Stirling". Model Rail. No.114. Peterborough: EMAP Active. pp.54–57. ISSN1369-5118. OCLC173324502.
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