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In 1968 Stirling East Station and Stirling Station were formally merged. A Motorail service ran between London and Stirling until 1989. [6] In 2008, the travel centre was refurbished to improve disabled access, including power-assisted entrance doors, a wheelchair-accessible counter, and improved customer information systems.
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The station opened on 1 July 1852 by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway. [1] The goods yard was to the north west and the signal box, which opened in 1900, was on the westbound platform. The station closed on 1 January 1917 but reopened on 1 February 1919, only to close again on 4 July 1955.
Work on this station was done in mid-2004. [10] In August 2014, the passengers and staff at Stirling station worked together to free a man who became trapped between the platform and the train by pushing the carriage to tilt. [11] [12] On 12 December 2020, the WA Government announced a $90 million upgrade to the Stirling Bus Interchange. [13]
In Australia, a railway porter had various roles, similar to those described above. A baggage porter assisted with luggage; an operating porter assisted with safeworking duties; a station porter assisted with general station duties; and as in British usage a lad porter was a junior station porter.
Opened on 1 April 1886, the station comprised a single platform on the west side of the line. [1] There were also three sidings on the same side. [2] A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1961 to 1963. [3]
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Its name was changed to Loch Tay on 1 October 1895. The station closed to passengers on 9 September 1939, [1] however as the engine shed for the line was located here, the line remained in use. [2] This line was scheduled for closure on 1 November 1965, however the landslide in Glen Ogle resulted in premature closure on 27 September 1965.