Camelon railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Camelon in Falkirk, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Dunblane and Cumbernauld Lines. Train services are provided by ScotRail. The present station was opened in 1994.

Camelon

National Rail
Camelon railway station in 2018, following electrification
General information
LocationCamelon, Falkirk
Scotland
Coordinates56°00′22″N 3°49′06″W / 56.0062°N 3.8182°W / 56.0062; -3.8182
Grid referenceNS867807
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCMO
History
Original companyRailtrack
Key dates
1850Opened as Camelon
1903Renamed Falkirk (Camelon)
4 September 1967Closed
4 October 1994[2]Reopened as Camelon
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.163 million
2020/21Decrease 24,596
2021/22Increase 94,790
2022/23Increase 0.125 million
2023/24Increase 0.153 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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The original station at Camelon, opened in 1850 and closed on 4 September 1967, was located about 250 yards (230 m) east of the present station. It was called Camelon from its opening until 1903 when it was called Falkirk (Camelon) until its closure. The old station was a simple island platform with a ticket office and waiting room; access was from under the station via a set of stairs that led from a roadbridge.

The modern station has all the trappings of a 21st-century station, with both platforms accessible by wheelchair users, extensive use of CCTV and help points. There is free parking owned by the local authority adjacent to the south platform. This serves the nearby leisure facilities.

Services

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From Camelon, direct train services run to Glasgow (via Cumbernauld), Edinburgh and Dunblane, with a change required at Stirling for trains to Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness, change at Glasgow or Edinburgh for trains to the south of Scotland and to England.

Trains on the Edinburgh – Dunblane route run every half hour and those to Cumbernauld and Glasgow run hourly.[3] There are no Glasgow trains on Sundays, whilst the Edinburgh to Dunblane route operates hourly each way.

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Falkirk Grahamston   ScotRail
Edinburgh–Dunblane Line
  Larbert
Cumbernauld   ScotRail
Cumbernauld Line
  Falkirk Grahamston

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 52.
  3. ^ Table 226 & 230 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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  • 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.
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