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Location notes
Situated on the Edinburgh and Glasgow route about 25 minutes travelling time from Edinburgh. The station is situated just east of the junction where the Edinburgh - Glasgow via Falkirk High and the Edinburgh - Stirling via Falkirk Grahmston routes diverge.
Railway type and traffic
There are 6 passenger trains per hour in each direction. Four trains each hour from Edinburgh to Glasgow (and vice versa) and two trains an hour between Edinburgh and Dunblane (and vice versa). The xx00 and xx30 services between Edinburgh and Glasgow run non-stop through Polmont (although rush-hour stopping patterns are slightly different).
EDB-GQS timetable: Adobe Acrobat format
EDB/GQS-Stirling/Dunblane: Adobe Acrobat format
There's also the East Coast Highland Chieftan and the Caledonian Sleeper to/from Inverness.
Freight - MGRs from Mossend/Hunterston to Longannet.
EDB-GQS timetable: Adobe Acrobat format
EDB/GQS-Stirling/Dunblane: Adobe Acrobat format
There's also the East Coast Highland Chieftan and the Caledonian Sleeper to/from Inverness.
Freight - MGRs from Mossend/Hunterston to Longannet.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Polmont Station
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Environment
Local railway station in rural(ish), no real problems noted but probably best avoided later on at night.
Road directions
From the M9 Junction 5:
Head south from the junction on to Salmon Inn Road and continue along this road till you reach the major junction. Here turn right onto Station Raod and the station is on you right.
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Polmont Station map co-ordinates
Head south from the junction on to Salmon Inn Road and continue along this road till you reach the major junction. Here turn right onto Station Raod and the station is on you right.
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Polmont Station map co-ordinates
Parking
Station car park.
Public transport
Four trains an hour from Edinburgh Waverley taking about 25minutes, or two trains an hour from Glasgow Queen Street taking about 24minutes.
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Amenities
Turn right outside station, about 60 yards further along the road is a small grocers and a bank.
Sun Compass
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Polmont Station
Streetmap links
Polmont Station general view map
Polmont Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Polmont Station
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Polmont Station
Googly map
Polmont Station general view map
Polmont Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Polmont Station
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Photographic notes
There is a good view in both directions here. Looking east the track sweeps round in a curve to your left (when facing it) with a nice cant. To the west the line comes under a stone bridge before entering the station.
Non-stop trains heading to and from Glasgow are doing about 80mph in either direction - the line is quite fast here. MGRs will be accelerating through the station as they will have come from the Falkirk Grahmston direction where the line speed approaching the junction is a bit lower (about 40~50mph).
Non-stop trains heading to and from Glasgow are doing about 80mph in either direction - the line is quite fast here. MGRs will be accelerating through the station as they will have come from the Falkirk Grahmston direction where the line speed approaching the junction is a bit lower (about 40~50mph).
Links to photographs at this location
Ewan's Central Scotland Pics
General views - All photographs © Ewan Tait unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Looking west from the east end of the station.
Fig 2 - Looking east
Looking east from the east end of the station
Fig 3 - Looking west
Looking towards Polmont Jnc from the west end of the station
Fig 4 - Looking east
A general view of a class 158 stopped in the station.
Fig 5 - Looking west
To get to the bridge:
Leave the station via the gate to the car park ( Edinburgh bound platform ) walk up the station drive , turn left and walk along to the stone overbridge at the west side of the station ( walking time 2 - 3 mins ). This bridge gives excellent views back onto the station as well as onto Polmont junction.
The line curving away to the left goes to glasgow via falkirk high , whereas the right hand line goes to falkirk grahamston
Fig 6 - Looking east
Looking back onto polmont station
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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.
