Arden railway station

Arden railway station was a station on the Slamannan Railway. The line connected mines and villages in the Central Scotland.

This article is about the former station in Scotland. For the proposed station in Melbourne, Australia, see Arden railway station, Melbourne. For the railway station in Denmark, see Arden railway station, Denmark.
Arden
LocationFalkirk
Scotland
Coordinates55.89825°N 3.92106°W / 55.89825; -3.92106
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySlamannan Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
31 December 1840Station opened
1 May 1930Station closed to passengers

History

Opened by the Slamannan Railway, then joining the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, was absorbed into the North British Railway. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station was then closed by that company.

The site today

The site has been obliterated by open cast mining.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Whiterigg   North British Railway
Slamannan Railway
   Longriggend

References

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • 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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map at centre near coal pit
  • RAILSCOT on the Slamannan Railway


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