Bannockburn
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Bannockburn (1848-1950)
Opened on the Scottish Central Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station south of Stirling and nearly a mile east of Bannockburn itself. The main station building was on the southbound platform. It was of a style characteristic of the line. The station was on an embankment.
There was a goods yard on the east side of the line, south of the station and approached from the south.
Platforms were lengthed during the station's lifetime and further goods sidings added.
Nothing remains of the station.
Bannockburn is famous for the Battle of Bannockburn for which there is a visitor's centre. The exact location of the battlefield is uncertain. Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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