Polmont railway station
Polmont 
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Signage at Polmont railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Polmont |
| Local authority | Falkirk |
| Coordinates | 55°59′05″N 3°42′54″W / 55.9846°N 3.7149°WCoordinates: 55°59′05″N 3°42′54″W / 55.9846°N 3.7149°W |
| Grid reference | NS930781 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PMT |
| 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* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.688 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.695 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.722 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.748 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.733 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1842 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Polmont from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Polmont railway station is a railway station serving the village of Polmont, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by Abellio ScotRail services from Edinburgh to Stirling and Dunblane. It is the nearest station to much of the town of Grangemouth.
It is situated on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, which was the first railway to be built between the two cities. It opened with the line in 1842 and became a junction eight years later with the opening of the Stirlingshire Middle Junction Railway to Larbert via Falkirk Grahamston. This linked the E&G main line with the Scottish Central Railway route northwards to Perth via Stirling, creating a direct route from Edinburgh to Stirling & Dunblane. The SMJR was taken over by the E&GR prior to opening on 1 October 1850, with the E&GR being absorbed in turn by the North British Railway in 1865. The NBR then became part of the London and North Eastern Railway on 1 January 1923.
The station also later served as the main line interchange for the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway's branch line to Bo'ness, access to the branch being made by a west facing chord near to the point where the Slamannan line passed beneath the E&GR. A bay platform was provided at Polmont for use by branch trains, though it wasn't until 1933 that services began running there - prior to that they had used a bi-level station further east at Manuel. The branch passenger service was withdrawn by the British Transport Commission on 7 May 1956, but it remained in use for freight until 1975 and has since been reopened as the heritage Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.
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