Avonbridge railway station
Avonbridge | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Falkirk Scotland | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Slamannan Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 31 December 1840 | Station opened[1] | ||||
| 1 May 1930 | Station closed to passengers[1] | ||||
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Avonbridge railway station was a station on the Slamannan Railway. The line connected mines and villages in the Central Scotland.
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 station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenellrig | North British Railway Slamannan Railway |
Blackstone | ||
References
Notes
- ^ a b Butt (1995)
- ^ Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Avonbridge - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
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Sources
- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
External links
55°56′12″N 3°44′48″W / 55.93672°N 3.74660°W