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Railway Stations
Abbeyhill
Located on a rebuilt chord east of Edinburgh, it would be used to support a railway service to Cameron Toll
Abronhill
Located north east of Cumbernauld on the Glasgow – Cumbernauld – Falkirk line
Allandale
Located west of Falkirk
Allander
This station would be located between Milngavie and Hillfoot
Ardrossan North
Auchenback (Barrhead South)
Ayr South
Located near to the hospital
Bannockburn
Barrhead
Beattock
This station would be located on the West Coast Main Line south of Carstairs.
Beechwood
Blindwells
Blochairn
Located in the east of Glasgow between Alexandra Parade and Barnhill. The station would have been located on Blochairn Road.
Bonnybridge
Located near Falkirk
Bridge of Earn
Located on the Ladybank to Perth railway line
Bucksburn
Located north of Aberdeen
Burnbank
Cairneyhill
Cambus
Causewayhead
Citizens (Gorbals)
Clackmannan
Cove
Located south of Aberdeen
Craigie/West Ferry
Crosshill (Baillieston)
Culloden
Cumnock
Drumchapel West
Dundee Airport
Dundee West
Dunfermline West
Dunragit
Dysart
East Linton
Eastriggs
Evanton
Faslane
Station to serve HMNB Clyde. Location would be close to one of the entrances on the railway line between Oban and Glasgow.
Forres
Glasgow Interchange
Build a new interchange station south of Glasgow Central (over the River Clyde), and associated track remodelling, to: 1) enable North- South Cross Glasgow services; and 2) help relieve capacity of Glasgow Central
Glenboig
Grangemouth
Greenloaning
Halbeath
Hurlford
Ibrox
Inverness Airport (Dalcross)
This station will be located east of Inverness on the Aberdeen – Inverness railway line. The station has been funded and is expected to be delivered as part of the Aberdeen2Inverness project, that will deliver Kintore as well.
Kilmarnock (additional stations to east, south and north west)
Kincardine
Kirkcaldy East
Kirkliston
Kirktonholme
Kittybrewster
Located north of Aberdeen
Largs Marina
Law
Mauchline
Newburgh
Newtonhill
Located south of Aberdeen
Oudenarde
Parkhead Forge
Persley
Located north of Aberdeen
Pinwherry
Plains
Ravenscraig
Reston
Rhu
Scrabster
Seafield
Shandon
Sinclairtown
St Enoch (Glasgow)
Stratton
Symington
Thornhill
West Street
Westerhill
Winchburgh
Windygates
Woodilee
Wormit
Proposed Railway Lines
Aberdeen Airport Rail link
Ayr-Dalmellington
Ayr-Mauchline
Borders Railway extensions
Buchan
Cumnock-Ayr (via Ochiltree)
Edinburgh South Suburban lines
The primary target is conversion of the Edinburgh South Suburban line so that it can accommodate a regular passenger service. The main issue is capacity either side of Edinburgh Waverley, particlarly the western throat. One of the options put forward is to utilise tram trains. Abbeyhill is located east of Edinburgh Waverley on a now closed loop line.
- Blackford Hill
- Portobello
Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL)
It was originally proposed that connecting Glasgow Airport to the railway network would be achieved by created a new spur from the railway network near Paisley and a railway station at the airport. Rising costs ruled out this proposal and other options have been proposed including a Tram-Train. This option was ruled out by a report that stated that the capacity consumed by the airport services would not outweigh the impact on existing services on the rail network. The expected solution will be a new transit system that will connect Paisley Gilmour Street railway station and Glasgow Airport. It is hoped that the new transit system will expand into a network.
Glasgow Crossrail
Haddington
Two options have been put forward in the initial appraisal for STPR2. Restoration of the branch as a mainline rail service and rebuilding the line as an LRT shuttle service.
Larkhall-Lesmahagow
Leven
Expected to be delivered in the next few years, this route will add new stations to the rail network at:
- Cameron Bridge
- Leven
Longannet (Dunfermline-Alloa)
Lugton-Kilwinning
Kilmacolm
Paisley Canal-Elderslie
Perth-Tayside
Peterhead/Ellon
Scottish High Speed Rail
There are two proposals for High Speed rail in Scotland.
- extend High Speed 2 (HS2) scheme to Scotland – possibly via new line through Eurocentral, including upgrade of Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley (and new stations where required) to accommodate HS2 services
- new High Speed line east of Edinburgh and bypassing Berwick-upon-Tweed
St Andrews
Highland Main Line to West Highland link
Construct a new rail route linking the Highland Main Line (HML) and West Highland Line (WHL) to reduce the need for rail traffic to travel through Glasgow. Listed in annex E of the STPR2 review
Just a brief clarification on the Proposed Railway Stations in Scotland – the Levenmouth line if opened would include stations at Leven, and at Cameron Bridge. Levenmouth is the name of the wider conurbation
I would like to suggest the railway line Hamilton-Kilmarnock. Connecting through Strathaven-Darvel-Newmilns-Galston-Kilmarnock.
The line was opened in 1905 and the companies ran trains along this commute once every 6 months. It was closed in 1939 as it was not successful.
I believe a regular service connecting the Irvine Valley would not only be beneficial for local commuters but would also open up new opportunities for these deprived towns.
Proposed? What’s to think about. Half these places have lines and commuter trains running regular through them. Reinstate the platforms and car parks and stop the trains.
The relatively moderate breadth of the River Forth around Grangemouth may justify ‘aiming higher’ than mere reinstatement of Passenger Services to the town. That is to bridge the Forth connecting with the South Fife line.