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Location notes
On the Edinburgh and Glasgow to Stirling mainline, just north of Falkirk.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger Traffic:
ScotRail DMU (Edinburgh and Glasgow to Dunblane and Inverness,
East Coast (HSTs) to and from Inverness.
Freight:
DB Schenker enterprise, intermodal and vans to Aberdeen or Inverness. Also, the Grangemouth - Linkswood tanks has a loco run round here - just north of station.
Freightliner:
Hauled cement from Oxwellmains to Aberdeen and Inverness.
ScotRail DMU (Edinburgh and Glasgow to Dunblane and Inverness,
East Coast (HSTs) to and from Inverness.
Freight:
DB Schenker enterprise, intermodal and vans to Aberdeen or Inverness. Also, the Grangemouth - Linkswood tanks has a loco run round here - just north of station.
Freightliner:
Hauled cement from Oxwellmains to Aberdeen and Inverness.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Larbert
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This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
Environment
A small town.
Road directions
From the M876 junction 2 take the A9 into Larbert. Take the left turn onto Main Street (B905)and the station is on your left.
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Larbert map co-ordinates
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Larbert map co-ordinates
Parking
The station has a free car park.
Public transport
Amenities
There are toilets on the station. Near by shops including a bakers and a chip shop.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Larbert
Streetmap links
Larbert general view map
Larbert close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Larbert
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Larbert
Googly map
Larbert general view map
Larbert close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Larbert
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Photographic notes
This area still has semaphore signals.
General views - All photographs © Steven Wakefield unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
From the station overbridge - This shot was taken throught the glass of the over bridge.
Fig 2 - Looking north
Turn left outside the station's main entrance, through car park, and continue along road to the signal box to reach this location.
Fig 3 - Looking south
As above.
Fig 4 - Looking south
Turn right outside the station's main entrance, cross the main road, another road - which is almost opposite the station - and head parallel to the line.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
