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The Scottish Central Railway was formed in 1845 to link Perth and Stirling to Central Scotland, by building a railway line to join the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway near Castlecary. The line opened in 1848 including a branch to South Alloa.
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. [4] In 1853 the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway opened a station known as Stirling East, directly next to the main station.
Stirling Train Station. When the railway came to Stirling in 1848, Perth architect Andrew Heiton Junior was commissioned to design the building. The train line enabled people to efficiently commute across the central belt to Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Mar 19, 2022 · The Stirling and Dunfermline Railway was authorised on 16th July 1846. As well as the main line between Stirling and Dunfermline, branches were authorised to Tillicoultry and to Alloa Harbour. The authorised capital for over 24 miles of railway was £390,000.
The Stirling and Dunfermline Railway was a railway in Scotland connecting Stirling and Dunfermline. It was planned by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway to get access to the mineral deposits on the line of route, but also as a tactical measure to keep the rival Caledonian Railway out of Fife.
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 ...
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Since the 1st March 1847 the railway station has been at the heart of the community and the older generations remember the floral spectacle which greeted all passengers and gave the station a distinctive and prize winning appearance.
