Date: 16/08/2013

Falkirk Council has revealed that it is reviewing potential locations across the district which could be used for new railway stations. The news comes amid renewed calls for the reopening of Grangemouth station, which closed to passengers in 1968. The port town is still served by a working railway line, but it has been exclusively used by freight trains for more than four decades.

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Falkirk Council has revealed that it is reviewing potential locations across the district which could be used for new railway stations.

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Last day of passenger services at Grangemouth on Saturday 27 January 1968. View is south towards Fouldubs Junction, with Grangemouth station behind the camera. A diesel shunter stands on the freight lines to the left while the branch railbus (W79978), which latterly handled traffic on the Grangemouth - Falkirk - Larbert - Alloa (via the swing bridge) route is seen heading for Grahamston. On the right is a last day special DMU showing Gourock on the destination blind.
Location: Grangemouth No 1 Signal Box
Company: Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal)
27/01/1968 Bruce McCartney

Empty fuel tanks returning to the Grangemouth refinery from the BP Dalston depot in Cumbria snake through the reverse curves north of Fouldubs Junction on 20 December 2011, with the train just over a mile short of its destination. In the background is the Whyte & Mackay blending and bottling plant on South Lumley Street and, on the right, the site of the former Grangemouth station (closed 1968).
Location: Grangemouth
Company: Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal)
20/12/2011 John Furnevel

View east from Grahams Road bridge, Falkirk, during a warm and pleasant afternoon on 25 July 2011, with the east end of the platforms of Grahamston station directly below the camera position. DBS 66147 has just arrived light engine bound for the Grangemouth branch and is currently held at the signal protecting Grangemouth Junction. The cause of the hold up has just appeared off the branch after a short layover and is about to cross over to run back into Grahamston's platform 2 where it will form the 14.42 service to Glasgow Queen Street via Cumbernauld.
Location: Grangemouth Junction
Company: Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
25/07/2011 John Furnevel