Heritage railway stations · Scottish Highlands
Stirling railway station
Stirling railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Ian Taylor — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Stirling railway station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Stirling railway station is a railway station located in Stirling, Scotland. It is located on the former Caledonian Railway main line between Glasgow and Perth. It is the junction for the branch line to Alloa and is also served by trains on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and long-distance services to Dundee and Aberdeen and to Inverness via the Highland Main Line.
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Background
History
Stirling was first connected to the Scottish Central Railway, with southbound services to Greenhill commencing on 1 March 1848 and northbound services to Perth on 22 May 1848. In 1853, the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway opened a station known as Stirling East, directly next to the main station. The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway opened a line to three years later, serving the main station. Through services to/from the Callander and Oban Railway also served the station from 1870. Following a competition, the current station buildings were constructed by the Caledonian Railway in 1912-15 by James Miller and William A. Paterson, at a cost of £36,291. They have undergone several…
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- Coordinates
- 56.1198, -3.9356
- Address
- Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index }}</ref>
- Official site
- portal.historicenvironment.scot
Sources
- wikidata: Q975320 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stirling railway station (Scotland) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stirling railway station?
- Stirling railway station is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1198°, -3.9356°.
- Who owns Stirling railway station?
- Stirling railway station is owned by ScotRail.