Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line

Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line
Glasgow Queen Street
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Scotland
Termini	Glasgow Queen Street Edinburgh Waverley
Stations	9
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Abellio ScotRail
Rolling stock	Class 170 Class 158 Class 156
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland. It is the principal route out of the four rail links between Scotland's two biggest cities, hosting the flagship "Shuttle" service between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley.

The route serves the following places (Ordnance Survey grid references for stations):

Passenger services are operated by Abellio ScotRail. The line is not currently electrified but the Scottish Government plans to have it so by 2016.

As part of a review by the British Transport Commission report in 1952, the services were provided by the 1956 batch of Class 126 DMU, entering service in 1957.

In 1971, the stock provided changed to locomotives fitted for Blue Star multiple working. Initially a mixture of Class 25, Class 27 and Class 37 at each end of a rake of Mark 2 carriages through wired and piped to provide 90 mph (140 km/h) "push-pull" working. This very quickly settled down to a dedicated pool of Class 27 locomotives.

TIn 1980, the push-pull sets were replaced by single Class 47/7s at one end of a rake of Mark 3 carriages and a DBSO operating with TDM system. Also during this period, InterCity provided through services from Glasgow Queen Street to London King's Cross and various West Country destinations, resulting in the use of InterCity 125s on the route.