Forth and Clyde Junction Railway

Introduction

This railway ran between Stirling and Balloch and is closed. The promoters hoped to create a great west coast to east coast trunk line. It was promoted in Stirling with the hope to export Fife coal along the line, there being no Clyde harbour on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

Passing through an area largely rural area of farming with little industry it didn't achieve their ambitions. A portion of it was used by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway's route.

It closed to passengers in 1934. The line was a useful diversionary route in war time and was used by returning soldiers in the Second World War.

It was closed progressively in portions. No part remains open today although the Drymen Viaduct and Jamestown Viaduct [Balloch] remain as its greatest monuments. The signal box at Kippen, though in poor shape, is a superb survivor.

Architecture

The design of goods shed used on this line was later used on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway, becoming the standard design for the Highland Railway.






Dates

  /  /1853Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Act receives Royal assent.
13/04/1853Scottish Central Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Agreement made for the use of Stirling station.
31/12/1855Railway Clearing House
By this date, Cork and Bandon Railway, Crieff Junction Railway, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, Furness Railway, Great Southern and Western Railway, Irish South Eastern Railway, Killarney Junction Railway, Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, Leven Railway, London and South Western Railway, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Monkland Railways, Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, Norfolk Railway, North and South Western Junction Railway, Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, Peebles Railway, Perth and Dunkeld Railway, Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, St Andrews Railway, Ulster and Dundalk Railway, Waterford and Kilkenny Railway and Waterford and Limerick Railway join.
18/03/1856Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Railway opened from Stirling to Buchlyvie for goods and minerals.
14/04/1856Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Line extended from Buchlyvie to Balfron for goods and minerals.
15/05/1856Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Opened throughout for goods and minerals.
26/05/1856Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Opened for passengers. Line operated by the Scottish Central Railway.
  /  /1859Scottish Central Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
With the Scottish Central Railway having Consolidated, the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway is re-authorised to access Stirling station.
  /  /1860Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
The Scottish Central Railway ceases to operate the line when the F&CJR itself takes over operation.
  /  /1863Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Local coach operators start a service between Milngavie and Balfron stations.
  /  /1865Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Following the merger of the Scottish Central Railway into the Caledonian Railway the F&CJR agrees access with the Caledonian Railway to Stirling station.
  /  /1871Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
The North British Railway takes over operation of the line from the F&CJR. This working agreement included the stipulation that all timber bridges (such as the Jamestown Viaduct [Balloch] and Drymen Viaduct) were to be replaced with stone and iron bridges.
01/08/1875Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway lease to the North British Railway for 50 years.
  /01/1877Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Kilmaronock renamed Caldarvan.
  /  /1892Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Running powers between Forth and Clyde Junction [Balloch], Jamestown and Dalmonach Print Works granted to the Caledonian Railway.
  /  /1896Murrayshall Lime Works
Established, with tramway connection to the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.
01/10/1896Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
The Caledonian Railway may now run to Dalmonach Print Works via Jamestown.
  /  /1899Scottish Central Railway Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Stirling remodelling - deviation of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (now owned by North British Railway) and Forth and Clyde Junction Railway authorised. The new deviation to be vested in the respective companies
01/01/1923North British Railway
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
Great North of Scotland Railway
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway
Gifford and Garvald Railway
Newburgh and North Fife Railway
Lauder Light Railway
Great Central Railway
Grouped into London and North Eastern Railway.
23/09/1929Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Sentinel Cammell Steam Railcars introduced on the Balloch - Stirling service. The railcars were named for stagecoaches. Quicksilver was based at Balloch Shed, Pearl, Flower of Yarrow and Fair Maid (relief) based at Stirling Shed [NB].
01/10/1934Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Closed to passengers from Balloch (Forth and Clyde Junction [Balloch]) to Gartness Junction and from Buchlyvie Junction to Stirling. The Gartness Junction to Buchlyvie Junction section was used by trains to Aberfoyle and Balfron and Buchlyvie stations remained open. Jamestown, Caldarvan, Drymen, Gartness, Port of Menteith, Kippen and Gargunnock closed to passengers.
01/11/1950Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Buchlyvie Junction (excluded) to Mye Siding (excluded) and Drymen (excluded) to Gartness Junction (excluded) closed completely. The F&C line ceased to be a through route.
29/09/1951Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Blane Valley Railway Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)
Aberfoyle to Kirkintilloch [2nd] (excluded) closed to passengers. Passenger stations closed at Aberfoyle, Gartmore, Buchlyvie, Balfron, Killearn, Dumgoyne, Blanefield, Strathblane, Campsie Glen, Lennoxtown [2nd], Milton of Campsie closed.
29/09/1951Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Closed to passengers from Gartness Junction to Buchlyvie Junction.
01/12/1952Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Mye Siding to Port of Menteith (excluded) closed completely.
15/05/1958Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Blane Valley Railway
Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)
Stevenson Locomotive Society Railtour travels from Glasgow to Aberfoyle. (Also visiting Kilsyth (Old)). [189]
16/05/1959Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Blane Valley Railway Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)
A University of Glasgow (Department of Extra Mural Education!) railtour visits Aberfoyle, the last passenger train to the station. Hauled by K2 61788 Loch Rannoch and with an LNER observation coach on the rear. [157]
05/10/1959Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Blane Valley Railway
Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)
Aberfoyle to Buchlyvie Junction to Gartness Junction to Campsie Glen (Lennox Castle Siding) (excluded) closed completely (although a final railtour ran on the 17th). Track not lifted until early 1960s.
05/10/1959Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Jamestown (excluded) to Drymen closed completely.
05/10/1959Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Port of Menteith to Stirling New Bridge Signal Box (excluded) closed completely. Sidings such as Cowpark Goods in Stirling remained open.
01/03/1963Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Stirling New Bridge Signal Box closed. (Line to Raploch Siding closed.)
01/09/1964Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Croftengea Siding (excluded) to Jamestown closed completely.
09/04/1965Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Forth and Clyde Junction [Balloch] (excluded) to Croftengea Siding closed completely. (Alternative date 04/04/1965).
17/10/1966Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Yard working for Cowpark Goods at Stirling end ceases.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Balloch to Stirling

This was a double track junction between the existing Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway of 1850 and the later Forth and Clyde Junction Railway of 1856. The junction was south of Balloch Central and today's Balloch station.
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334033 passes the site of Forth and Clyde Junction as it approaches the bridge carrying the A811 over the railway, a short distance from the present ...
John McIntyre 01/09/2018
Fairburn tank 42126 runs south past Forth and Clyde Junction shortly after setting out from Balloch on 9 July 1957 with a train for Rutherglen. See ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/07/1957
Standard 2-6-4T 80006 passing Forth and Clyde Junction on 9 July 1957 with a Rutherglen - Balloch train. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/07/1957
View south from Balloch in July 1957 over Forth and Clyde Junction. [Ref query 4349] ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/07/1957
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This long siding served the Croftengea Works. It was a branch of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway leaving that line just east of Forth and Clyde Junction at Balloch.
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Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, this bridge carried the line over a mill lade at point where Croftengea branch leaves. ...
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The Croftengea Branch left the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway close to Balloch and ran alongside the mill lade to the Levenfield Works. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 19/12/2007
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This is a disused 296 ft long single track 3 span girder viaduct over the River Leven. Levenbank Print Works and Jamestown station was a short distance to the east and Croftengea Siding a little to the west.
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A close up view of the viaduct carrying the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway over the River Leven at Jamestown to show the flanged pipe construction. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/10/2004
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, former railway bridge over River Leven. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 20/03/2007
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, Balloch to Stirling, former railway bridge over River Leven. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 20/03/2007
View of viaduct over River Leven at Jamestown looking towards Balloch. Signals still visible in the distance. ...
John Robin 08/07/1963
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This was a large print works opened by Watson, Arthur and Co on the east bank of the River Leven at Jamestown, just south of Balloch. (Also known as Levenbank Dye Works.) The print works was served by sidings from the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway in the extreme south of the site. Approach to these sidings, on the north side of the line, was from the west, over the [[Jamestown ...

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This was a two platform station on the west bank of the River Leven near Balloch.
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Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, site of former Jamestown Station and Goods Yard on the Balloch to Stirling Railway. ...
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The Dalmonach Siding branches off to the south from the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway at Jamestown. ...
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Jamestown no more. View from the former level crossing looking to Stirling. ...
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Jamestown Station facing Stirling. ...
John Robin 08/07/1963
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This siding was a loading point on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway and Auchencarroch Quarry (to the south). A looped siding was on the south side of the line, approached from the east.
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Forth and Clyde Junction Railway near Auchencarroch, looking towards Auchencarroch quarry siding. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 03/04/2007
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, Auchencarroch quarry siding. Sandstone walling to left was bottom end of quarry tramway. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 03/04/2007
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, looking NE at Auchencarroch. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 03/04/2007
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway near Auchencarroch, looking NE. ...
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This was a single platform station on the single track line. Station buildings were modest, a small timber shelter with single sloping roof supplemented by a grounded wagon body.
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Caldarvan station looking west in 1988 towards Jamestown. The platform was to the right. ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
Railway cottage alongside Caldarvan station seen in 1988. The station was off to the left. ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
Rear side of the platform at Caldarvan looking south. The railway fencing may be original and is held up with sections of rail. Caldarvan had one ...
Ewan Crawford //2003
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This siding, on the south side of the line, was north east of Caldarvan station, at the distant signal for the station. The siding was built for a Dunbartonshire County Council owned tip in 1901. Gallangad Farm is to the south.
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Finnery (or Finnary) siding was west of Mavie Mill Crossing. The siding was on the north side of the line and approached from the west. This siding was opened in 1858, served Balquhain Quarry which provided stone for the Loch Katrine water supply scheme. It closed shortly afterwards.
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Mavie Mill Crossing was a signalled (with home and distant signals) level crossing between Caldarvan and Drymen stations.
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Cattermuir Mill Crossing was a signalled (with home and distant signals) level crossing between Caldarvan and Drymen stations.
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Forth and Clyde Junction Railway from access to Girl Guide campsite looking toward Croftamie. (The level crossing was a little to the west.) ...
Alistair MacKenzie 22/03/2007
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This was a two platform station with a passing loop. The main stone build station building was on the eastbound platform.
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Looking north east from the site of the A809 level crossing in the village of Croftamie, Stirlingshire, in October 2007. Nothing remains of Drymen ...
John Furnevel 11/10/2007
A mile and a half south of Drymen in Stirlingshire lies the small village of Croftamie, where this photograph was taken looking east across the main ...
John Furnevel 11/10/2007
Looking east towards Drymen level crossing. Compare with photograph 160 of an 08 in George O'Hara's Urban and Rural Branch Lines. ...
Ewan Crawford 08/05/1987
Looking north across the main road in the village of Croftamie in October 2007 to Drymen Station House. The level crossing and platform were on the ...
John Furnevel 11/10/2007
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This was a 320ft single track four span girder viaduct just east of Drymen station carrying the railway over the Endrick Water. (From the west - a girder span, inverted bowstring span, and two girder spans.)
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Crossing the Endrick Water on the route of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway heading north east between Drymen and Gartness in 2007. The line here ...
John Furnevel 11/10/2007
The Drymen Viaduct, here viewed from the south, crosses the Endrick Water. Today it carries a waterpipe and public footway. Drymen station, actually ...
Ewan Crawford 26/07/2021
The modified remains of the former railway viaduct over the Endrick Water, situated half a mile north east of the village of Croftamie, Stirlingshire. ...
John Furnevel 11/10/2007
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, road bridge next to Gairdrew farm. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 22/03/2007
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This was a 120 ft single track tressle viaduct crossing over boggy ground and the Altquhur Burn. It was located between Drymen Viaduct and Gartness station. Also known as Altquhur Viaduct. The viaduct was replaced with an embankment and culvert by the North British Railway around 1875.
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View south of the line at the site of Altwhir Viaduct. This timber trestle viaduct was replaced by a high embankment and culvert by the North British ...
Ewan Crawford 26/07/2021
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This was a single platform station with single siding at the east end. At the west end was a level crossing. East of the station was Gartness Junction where the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway was met by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway which used its metals to reach Buchlyvie Junction where it branched off for Aberfoyle.
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Gartness station level crossing in 1995 showing the railway style fencing which replaced the former level crossing gates and was in turn replaced by ...
Ewan Crawford //1995
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway near Gartness, looking SW, in cutting. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 03/05/2007
Taking a break on the West Highland Way in 1986, at Gartness level crossing, looking to the site of the station. The gates at this time were decidedly ...
Bill Roberton //1986
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, site of Gartness Station looking SW. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 03/05/2007
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Here the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway was met by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway which used its metals to reach Buchlyvie Junction where it branched off for Aberfoyle.
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Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
In this view the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway runs from bottom, left of centre, to centre right. The Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway ran from ...
Ewan Crawford 09/08/2023
The approach of the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle has been ploughed out for a short distance south east of Gartness Viaduct. This was a West Highland ...
Ewan Crawford 09/08/2023
Today tree growth and ground movements have made the site of Gartness Junction far less discernible than back in 1987 (see image 1974) when the ...
Ewan Crawford 26/07/2021
Gartness Junction from above. The junction formed a V which can be made out in the lower centre of this view. The course of the Forth and Clyde ...
Ewan Crawford 26/07/2021
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This tile works was south west of Balfron station. The works was on the south side of the line and served by a siding, also on the south side, which was approached from the south west. There was a short tramway within the works.
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The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway stretches away into the distance in this view, which looks north east from near Gartness Junction. The site of ...
Ewan Crawford 09/08/2023
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This was a two platform station with station buildings and signal box typical of the line. There was a passing loop. To the south was a level crossing which was crossed by the loop. The main station building was on the Stirling bound platform, with a waiting shelter on the other. The signal box (added 1893) was on the Balloch bound platform next to the level crossing. There was a goods ...

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The Aberfoyle branch freight westbound at Balfron in 1958 behind Dundee based B1 4-6-0 no 61278. The trip is thought to have been used as a running in ...
John Robin //1958
OS sheet of 1924 (part) showing the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway and the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway crossing Flanders Moss from Killearn ...
Alistair MacKenzie //1924
Looking north east over the former Balfron station. ...
Ewan Crawford 12/05/1987
Balfron station looking towards Stirling around 1958, with the bridge carrying the water pipe from Loch Katrine in the distance. ...
John Robin //1958
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This was a signalled level crossing with home and distance signals. A crossing keeper's cottage was on the east side of the line.
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This farm siding was on the south side of the line and approached from the east over a level crossing. There was a railway cottage to the south of the crossing. It was located between Balfron and Buchlyvie stations.
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This was a two platform station. It was a station with a passing loop on a single track line. The station house was on the westbound platform. A box opened in 1892 along with the loop and second platform.
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The former station house at Buchlyvie in October 2007. ...
John Furnevel 11/10/2007
Station house in 2002. ...
Ewan Crawford //2002
Looking west from footplate of B1 61118 at Buchlyvie station, thought to be in late 1958. The B1 was returning from Aberfoyle with the branch goods. ...
John Robin //1958
Buchlyvie. Ex N.B.R. 0.6.0 64598 Aberfoyle Bound. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 18/09/1951
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This was the junction between the older Balloch to Stirling line and the Aberfoyle branch of 1882. It was located at the east end of Buchlyvie station's loop.
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Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, Looking NW ...
Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007
Forth & Clyde Junction Railway at Buchlyvie, looking NE, towards Stirling ...
Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007
Forth & Clyde Junction Railway at Buchlyvie, looking NE. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007
The Strathendrick and Aberfoyle crossed Flanders Moss from Buchlyvie to approach Gartmore. The trackbed is now a forestry road frequented by cyclists ...
Ewan Crawford 15/10/2018
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This railway ballast pit was east of Buchlyvie Junction. It was located on the north side of the line and approached from the east. It closed at an early date.
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This was a farm siding. It was located on the north side of the line and approached from the east. There was a railway cottage, Mye Cottage, to the immediate west on the north side of the line alongside a level crossing to its west. The crossing appears to have had a single signal post.
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This was a level crossing on a very minor road to Knockinshannock. There was a gatekeeper's cottage on the north side of the line, west of the road.
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This was a level crossing with the minor road to Blackhouse. There was a crossing keeper's cottage on the south side of the line, east of the road. The distant signal for Port of Menteith station, to the east, was a short distance east.
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Port of Menteith was briefly known as Cardross and was renamed to avoid confusion with the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway's station when it opened in 1858.
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The former Port of Menteith station on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, seen in October 2007. (The village itself is approximately three and a ...
John Furnevel 11/10/2007
Forth & Clyde Junction Railway. Looking W along the line at Port of Menteith Station, anyone for tennis? ...
Alistair MacKenzie 25/05/2007
Forth & Clyde Junction Railway. Port of Menteith Station - porters room sign. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 25/05/2007
Station house in 2002. The line was to the right of the building. ...
Ewan Crawford //2002
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This was a farm siding and passenger halt. The siding was on the north side of the line, approached from the west. It was just east of a level crossing. There was a railway cottage on the north side of the line at the crossing. The crossing was not signalled.
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This was a farm siding and, between 1861 and 1866, a halt. The siding was on the north side of the line and approached from the west. There was a level crossing to the east. The crossing was equipped with home and distant signals. There was a cottage on the south side of the line, east of the crossing. Fairfield Farm is just to the north.
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There was a level crossing with a railway cottage on the south side of the line, west of the road. The cottage still stands as a house, The Gatehouse.
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This was a level crossing on an access road to Little Kerse. There was a crossing keeper's cottage on the north side of the line, east of the road.
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This was a level crossing on an access road to Little Kerse. There was a crossing keeper's cottage on the north side of the line, west of the road.
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This was a two platform station. The station was to the west of a level crossing and the station building, goods shed, loading bank and, notably, the signal box (dating from 1893, last of its type and 'B' listed) still stand. The station building stands on what was the westbound platform, the signal box is by the level crossing.
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The former station house at Kippen, Stirlingshire, on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, seen here in 2007. Closed to passengers as long ago as ...
John Furnevel 11/10/2007
The signalbox at Kippen still stands on the site of the level crossing, alongside the former station, and is seen here in April 2023. ...
John Yellowlees 15/04/2023
The goods shed at Kippen station seen in 1987. The platforms and loop were to the right and the view looks to Balloch. ...
Ewan Crawford //1987
Forth & Clyde Junction Railway. Goods shed in the garden! ...
Alistair MacKenzie 25/05/2007
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Level crossing with the minor road north to Fordhead. There was a crossing keeper's cottage on the south side of the line, west of the road.
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Level crossing with the minor road north to Wester and Easter Culmore. There was a crossing keeper's cottage on the north side of the line, west of the road.
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This was a level crossing with the access road to Culbeg, to the north. There crossing keeper's cottage remains here in use as a house. It was on the north side of the line, west of the road.
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This was a level crossing with a gatekeeper's cottage, now gone, on the north side of the line, west of the road. Some time after the cottage's removal a new house was built in a slightly different location.
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This level crossing was for the access road to Kepdarroch, to the north. There was a gatekeeper's cottage on the north side of the line, east of the road. This is a house and has been rebuilt.
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The station is largely eradicated. Some portions of the eastbound timber platform remain by the A811 road. There was a level crossing between the passenger station (to the east) and goods station (west). The loop extended from the one to the other, crossing the level crossing. The box was on the west side of the crossing, south side of the line. It had opened in 1892. There was no crossing loop ...

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Looking west from the former level crossing at Gargunnock. The goods yard and (still open) sawmill were ahead and the station behind. ...
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The somewhat pathetic remains of the eastbound platform at Gargunnock. The two platforms were built in timber and little remains. The nearby main road ...
Ewan Crawford //2003
View looking east to Stirling. ...
Ewan Crawford //2003
The level crossing at Gargunnock looking north. The station house still stands but the station buildings were demolished on closure of the line to ...
Ewan Crawford //2003
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This level crossing was with the access road to Shaw of Touch, to the north. There is a crossing keeper's cottage, now a private house, on the north side of the line, east of the crossing.
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This siding was for the Murrayshall Lime Kilns which provided agricultural lime to the area. A standard gauge tramway linked the siding to the works. The siding was on the south side of the line.
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This level crossing was between North Kersebonny and South Kersebonny. There was a crossing keeper's cottage on the north side of the line, east of the crossing.
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This level crossing was with Raploch Road. There was a gate box on the south side of the line, east of the crossing. It operated the signals (home and distant). (There was a further level crossing to the east at Glendevon Drive.)
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View east from just off the A84 along the path following the former F&CJR trackbed towards Raploch. The A84 cuts through the solum at right angles ...
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View east along the path which now occupies the former F&CJR trackbed behind King Robert Court. The path continues to Raploch Road, after which the ...
Colin McDonald 20/08/2020
View east towards Raploch and Cowane with the trackbed of the former railway from Balloch to the left and Stirling Castle to the right. A short ...
Colin McDonald 20/08/2020
View west along the former F&CJR trackbed in August 2020. Traffic on the M9, which cuts through the solum, can just be seen on the left. Stirling ...
Colin McDonald 20/08/2020
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The siding was on the south side of the line, approached from the west.
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View west along the line of the former F&CJR trackbed from the middle of the roundabout on Back o’Hill Road and at the centre of the former ...
Colin McDonald 20/08/2020
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This signal box controlled a level crossing with a road and tramway and the approach into Stirling station for the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.
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View southeast along the A84 and the route of the F&CJR towards the site of the New Bridge Signal Box and its once busy level crossing on the Stirling ...
Colin McDonald 20/08/2020
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This was the shed of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, built in the 'V' of the junction between that line and the Scottish Central Railway. It was considered part of Shore Road Shed [NB], although geographically remote from it being across the SCR from the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway shed.
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This coal depot was north of Stirling station. It was approached from the south by reversing from the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway's Cowpark Goods. The yard was on the west side of that line, across it from Stirling Shed [NB].
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This goods yard, also known as Cowpark (or Cow Park) Siding, was north of Stirling station on the east side of Stirling's Auction Market at its many cattle pens.
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This junction was just north of Stirling station and was formed when the 1848 Scottish Central Railway was met by the 1856 Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.
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Scottish Central Railway





Croftengea Branch

This branch, which started close to the western end of the line, ran to the Croftengea Works.

This long siding served the Croftengea Works. It was a branch of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway leaving that line just east of Forth and Clyde Junction at Balloch.
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Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, this bridge carried the line over a mill lade at point where Croftengea branch leaves. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 20/03/2007
The Croftengea Branch left the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway close to Balloch and ran alongside the mill lade to the Levenfield Works. ...
Alistair MacKenzie 19/12/2007
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This bleach and print works was opened by John Todd & Co. It was later owned by Sir Archibald Orr Ewing, one of the promoters of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, along with the Milton Works (Dyeing), Levenbank Print Works and Dillichip Dye Works which were also in the Vale of Leven.
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Dalmonach Branch

This was a short goods line from Jamestown to the Dalmonach Print Works.

This was a two platform station on the west bank of the River Leven near Balloch.
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Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, site of former Jamestown Station and Goods Yard on the Balloch to Stirling Railway. ...
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The Dalmonach Siding branches off to the south from the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway at Jamestown. ...
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Jamestown no more. View from the former level crossing looking to Stirling. ...
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Jamestown Station facing Stirling. ...
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This dyeing works was on the east bank of the River Leven. It was opened by Todd & Shortridge Co in 1772. From 1863 it was served by a branch of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway which ran south from Jamestown station and also served the Dalmonach Print Works.
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This dyeing works was on the east bank of the River Leven. It was opened by Todd & Shortridge Co in 1772. From 1863 it was served by a branch of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway which ran south from Jamestown station and also served the Dalmonach Print Works.
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This print works bordered the east bank of the River Leven, just north of the Bonhill Bridge.
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At the south end of the rather long Dalmonach siding were these mills on east east bank of the Leven near Bonhill. Reached by a LC and now under ...
Ewan Crawford 24/06/2006
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Stirling connecting line

A short connecting line was built from Stirling North Junction to the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway, connecting together the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway to the rest of the North British Railway system.

This junction is to the north of Stirling station. The junction is between lines north to Perth and east to Alloa.
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Stirling North is one of four Category A listed signal boxes in Scotland. Stirling Middle is another and it is listed along with the station building. ...
David Panton 21/08/2019
Standard class 5 73106 approaching Stirling with the up Saint Mungo on Saturday 23 May 1959. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 23/05/1959
170394 enters Stirling, passing the North signalbox and the Down home signal on 23rd August 2017. This and the Down starter are the last semaphore ...
Bill Roberton 25/08/2017
DRS 66303 passes Stirling North signal box with an empty ballast to Millerhill. The main line was blocked at Cornton a little to the north for EGIP ...
Bill Roberton 22/10/2017
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This level crossing was to the north of Sitrling East station, the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway and later North British Railway station. It was controlled by a signal box, Shore Road Level Crossing Signal Box, which was opened in 1887. This was on the west side of the line and south of the level crossing. Just to the west was the equivalent Shore Road Level Crossing [CR].
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Stirling and Dunfermline Railway