Falkirk Grahamston
Falkirk Grahamston 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghreumaich | |
The eastbound platform at Falkirk Grahamston railway station, looking westward
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| Location | |
| Place | Falkirk |
| Local authority | Falkirk |
| Coordinates | 56°00′09″N 3°47′08″W / 56.0024°N 3.7856°WCoordinates: 56°00′09″N 3°47′08″W / 56.0024°N 3.7856°W |
| Grid reference | NS887802 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FKG |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 0.509 million |
| – Interchange |
31,468 |
| 2013/14 |
0.516 million |
| – Interchange |
37,856 |
| 2014/15 |
0.713 million |
| – Interchange |
84,778 |
| 2015/16 |
 0.688 million |
| – Interchange |
93,294 |
| 2016/17 |
0.670 million |
| – Interchange |
20,605 |
| History | |
| Original company | Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 1 October 1850 | Opened as Grahamston (Falkirk) |
| 1 February 1903 | Renamed as Falkirk Grahamston |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Falkirk Grahamston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Falkirk Grahamston railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line. Cumbernauld Line trains also terminate here. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail. The "Highland Chieftain", the daily Virgin Trains East Coast service from London King's Cross to Inverness and vice versa also calls here.
Falkirk is also served by the railway station at Falkirk High.
The line between Polmont and Larbert was built by the "Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway", which was absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway prior to opening. The line opened on 1 October 1850, as did the station known as Grahamston (Falkirk). The subsequent addition of a chord line at Carmuirs to create a triangular junction there also gave access to the Scottish Central Railway and hence the E&G main line at Greenhill, creating a parallel relief route to the busy E&G line that was often used by local stopping trains between the two cities.
It also became the junction for the Grangemouth Railway, when the branch to the port of the same name on the Firth of Forth was opened in 1860/61 – this line was notable in that it was promoted and built by the Forth and Clyde Canal Company rather than any of the local railways, in order to maintain the F&CC's monopoly of the harbour there. The branch was initially worked by the E&G, but when the canal company was subsequently bought out by the Caledonian Railway, it passed into their hands; thereafter the E&G's successor the North British Railway had running powers over it. Passenger services there were withdrawn on 29 January 1968 as a result of the Beeching Axe, but the branch is still open for freight to the port and associated oil refinery and petrochemical plant.
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