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All photographs of this location in date order.
![Boness - Polmont branch trains. At Polmont. NB 4.4.2T 67463. (Wet forenoon).<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 25/09/1948]](/images/11000/11250.jpg "Polmont")
![A4 Pacific no 60011 <I>Empire of India</I> hauling a train destined for Glasgow Queen Street arrives at Polmont in May 1960 propelling a failed Swindon InterCity DMU. The bay used by Bo'ness branch services is on the left. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 07/05/1960]](/images/30000/30257.jpg "Polmont")
![A4 no 60031 <I>Golden Plover</I> at Polmont on 18 April 1965 with The SLS/BLS Scottish Rambler No 4 railtour. The special was on its way from Glasgow Queen Street to Carlisle via Edinburgh and Hawick, returning to Glasgow later that day via the WCML. The Boness branch bay platform can be seen on the right [see image 11250].<br><br>[K A Gray 18/04/1965]](/images/38000/38275.jpg "Polmont")
![An Edinburgh - Glasgow InterCity DMU service photographed near Polmont in 1969.<br><br>[Colin Miller //1969]](/images/31000/31723.jpg "Polmont")
![Eastbound DMU at Polmont.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8087.jpg "Polmont")
![Looking east at Polmont.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8088.jpg "Polmont")
![Building on the eastbound platform at Polmont station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8115.jpg "Polmont")
![Polmont looking east. There was a bay platform on the left used by Boness trains.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8116.jpg "Polmont")
![Inverness-Edinburgh train passing Polmont.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/10000/10834.jpg "Polmont")
![47706 brings an Inverness - Edinburgh train through Polmont station in 1990.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/42000/42336.jpg "Polmont")
![In July 1998 a Glasgow to Edinburgh Class 158 calls at Polmont. Little has changed here since then. That footbridge is electrification-ready, as it has been for 50 years.<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 04/10/1997]](/images/51000/51904.jpg "Polmont")
![Morning train calls at Polmont westbound in November 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/11/2002]](/images/3000/3341.jpg "Polmont")
![Edinburgh - Glasgow trains passing at Polmont in November 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/11/2002]](/images/4000/4587.jpg "Polmont")
![A crisp autumn morning at Polmont in November 2002, with trains for Edinburgh and Dunblane occupying the platforms.<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/11/2002]](/images/54000/54269.jpg "Polmont")
![The ever-so-slightly exotic (even in the rain) east end of Polmont station with an Edinburgh service pulling away in September 2006. <br><br>[John Furnevel /09/2006]](/images/11000/11225.jpg "Polmont")
![Buildings on the Edinburgh bound platform at Polmont in September 2006, looking north.<br><br>[John Furnevel /09/2006]](/images/11000/11270.jpg "Polmont")
![158 730 at Polmont with an Edinburgh - Dunblane service on 21 July 2007<br><br>[David Panton 21/07/2007]](/images/20000/20440.jpg "Polmont")
![Passing strangers. View east at Polmont on 7 August 2007, with Edinburgh and Glasgow bound stopping trains at the platforms sporting old and new ScotRail liveries.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/08/2007]](/images/16000/16119.jpg "Polmont")
![66138 heads west through Polmont on 7 August with Longannet - Hunterston empties. <br><br>[John Furnevel 7/08/2007]](/images/16000/16124.jpg "Polmont")
![The memorial plaque at Polmont station, unveiled on 30 July 2009, the 25th anniversary of the disaster.<br><br>[David Panton 02/09/2009]](/images/25000/25283.jpg "Polmont")
![A 4-car 158 pulls away from Polmont with the daily Edinburgh to Alloa service on 2 September 2009<br><br>[David Panton 02/09/2009]](/images/25000/25397.jpg "Polmont")
![First Bus meets First ScotRail. View east at Polmont on 23 April 2010. <br><br>[John Furnevel 23/04/2010]](/images/28000/28658.jpg "Polmont")
![View north over the platforms and main station building at Polmont on 23 April 2010 as a 'non-stop' runs through westbound with an Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street service.<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/04/2010]](/images/28000/28720.jpg "Polmont")
![The 1030 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley approaching Polmont at speed on 23 April 2010. This service runs non-stop between Falkirk High and Haymarket.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/04/2010]](/images/29000/29323.jpg "Polmont")
![An Edinburgh - Dunblane service accelerates away from Polmont station on 23 April 2010. <br><br>[John Furnevel 23/04/2010]](/images/29000/29410.jpg "Polmont")
![Approaching Polmont eastbound at speed on 23 April 2010, a limited stop Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley service is about to run through the station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/04/2010]](/images/42000/42481.jpg "Polmont")
![The footbridge at Polmont has enough clearance for overhead wires and is of the same pattern, maker and date as those used on the North Clyde Lines electrification in 1960 [see image 28404]. Was electrification of the EGML cancelled after work had started, or is this just a spare bridge they had for one that need replacing in a hurry? Somewhere in between, I expect. Anyway 170 474 stands under it with a Dunblane to Edinburgh service on 15 June.<br><br>[David Panton 15/06/2010]](/images/29000/29441.jpg "Polmont")
![Edinburgh (left) and Glasgow services pass at Polmont on 15 June 2010.<br><br>[David Panton 15/6/2010]](/images/29000/29745.jpg "Polmont")
![<I>The Royal Scotsman</I> runs through Polmont station on 6 May 2011 en route to Wemyss Bay. WCRC 37685 is at the head of the train with 57001 bringing up the rear.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 06/05/2011]](/images/33000/33976.jpg "Polmont")
![Unlike the footbridge [see image 29441], the original bridge carrying Station Road over the railway at Polmont was most definitely not designed with overhead electrification in mind. Seen here in June 2015 with preparations for its removal well advanced, it has now been replaced as part of the EGIP works.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 04/06/2015]](/images/55000/55340.jpg "Polmont")
![A six-car service from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Waverley pulls into Polmont on 24/05/2016. Photographed from the road bridge recently ratcheted-up to accommodate electrification (see advancing masts in background). The footbridge behind me has been electrification-ready for overs 50 years. That's planning.<br><br>[David Panton 24/05/2016]](/images/55000/55250.jpg "Polmont")
![Looking east at Polmont on 24/05/2016 with EGIP works clearly evident. Both Polmont and neighbouring Linlithgow now have masts up and wired either side of the stations.<br><br>[David Panton 24/05/2016]](/images/55000/55283.jpg "Polmont")
![A Dunblane to Edinburgh service calls at Polmont for the 1300 departure on<br>
29 November 2017. These services are due to be electrified, but experience with<br>
the EGML electrification makes it unwise to specify a date...<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 29/11/2017]](/images/62000/62972.jpg "Polmont")
![A Dunblane to Edinburgh service calls at Polmont for the 1300 departure on<br>
29 November 2017. These services are due to be electrified, but experience with<br>
the EGML electrification makes it unwise to specify a date...<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 29/11/2017]](/images/63000/63145.jpg "Polmont")
![Its 12th December 2017 and some EGML services had just been temporarily put into the hands of seven-car Class 380s. Three out of four were still diesel however, and a Class 170 calls at Polmont with a Glasgow service. At time of writing, 27 February 2018, nothing has changed and there's no firm date for full electric services.<br><br>[David Panton 12/12/2017]](/images/63000/63101.jpg "Polmont")
