What are the forums' views on a station for Causewayhead in Stirling? To be situated on the current Alloa (potentially soon to be extended to Kincardine) branch. To serve both the University of Stirling campus and the Wallace Monument.
-
Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
A station for Causewayhead (Stirling).
- Thread starter reb0118
- Start date
- Status
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R
RailUK Forums
waverley47
Member
- Joined
- 17 Apr 2015
- Messages
- 844
Apart from the timetabling caveats* it seems like an okay idea. It's about 2km down the line from Stirling, which is a bit close, and it doesn't serve anywhere really big, apart from the uni. Yes, the uni and the Wallace monument have a decent draw, however you'd basically be building a station on the edge of a town, and 2/3 of the surrounding area is fields.
I'd say no, probably not worth it on the face of things, build a segregated cycle route or run a bus. It's a decent idea, but probably not a big enough catchment area to work. (Remember that most passengers would travel that extra bit further to Stirling station for an extra choice of 5tph)
*The problem with any stations between Alloa and Stirling, or indeed beyond Alloa towards Clackmannan, is that currently the services are run in limited marginal time. If you add another station in the middle, you make it a bit harder to get to Alloa on time and depart on time, as you add two minutes into each stop in each direction; the turnaround time drops from 8 minutes to 4.
Yes, it is possible to rewrite the timetable, and indeed it will be necessary in the future with the extension to Kinkardine, but at the moment you'd probably have to rewrite the timetable to shoehorn in an extra stop. Is it worth it for Causewayhead? No, probably not. Certainly not before Cambus.
I'd say no, probably not worth it on the face of things, build a segregated cycle route or run a bus. It's a decent idea, but probably not a big enough catchment area to work. (Remember that most passengers would travel that extra bit further to Stirling station for an extra choice of 5tph)
*The problem with any stations between Alloa and Stirling, or indeed beyond Alloa towards Clackmannan, is that currently the services are run in limited marginal time. If you add another station in the middle, you make it a bit harder to get to Alloa on time and depart on time, as you add two minutes into each stop in each direction; the turnaround time drops from 8 minutes to 4.
Yes, it is possible to rewrite the timetable, and indeed it will be necessary in the future with the extension to Kinkardine, but at the moment you'd probably have to rewrite the timetable to shoehorn in an extra stop. Is it worth it for Causewayhead? No, probably not. Certainly not before Cambus.
Speed43125
Member
Frankly causewayhead, and the roundabout there are busy enough for me, and there isn't exactly much extra gained from a station there (right around there is single track too I believe?) Maybe if houses were to be built on the other side of the line, but as if, I can't say I exactly see the point.
- Status