Bonnybridge High railway station explained

Bonnybridge High
Status:Disused
Borough:Bonnybridge, Falkirk
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.9921°N -3.8764°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pregroup:North British Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:21 April 1842
Events:Opened as Bonnybridge[1]
Years1:1953
Events1:Renamed Bonnybridge High
Years2:14 June 1965
Events2:Name reverted to Bonnybridge
Years3:6 March 1967
Events3:Closed

Bonnybridge High railway station was a railway station serving the village of Bonnybridge. The station was originally part of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

History

The station opened on 21 April 1842 as Bonnybridge, although there was a station of the same name on the nearby Caledonian Railway Main Line. This E&GR station was not renamed to Bonnybridge High until 1953, after the closure of the CR station in the 1930s. The station name reverted to its original in 1965 for the last two years of its existence.

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Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995) page 39