Grangemouth Harbour Railways (Caledonian Railway)
Introduction
A considerable railway network developed around the Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal)'s Grangemouth station. The first line running east from Grangemouth station was a North British Railway line to the Grangemouth Ironworks but the remainder of the lines running from this are largely Caledonian Railway (who owned the harbour) or later refinery lines. More and more lines were laid as the habour was grandually expanded. A considerable number of extra lines were laid in for the Grangemouth Oil Refinery which have extended the harbour lines further east and south. This large works leads to much of the traffic on the Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal).
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This signal box was alongside Grangemouth station and controlled access to and from the dock lines, with three dock railway converging here.
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See also
Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal)
Bill Roberton //1987
This signal box was located in the dock area at Grangemouth and controlled arrival and departure lines to the Carron Dock, Western Channel, Grange Dock and, later, Grangemouth Refinery. There were a considerable number of lines here and the box controlled the area where yard working, to the east, ceased. To the immediate east of the box was Dock Road Level Crossing. The box was similar to ...
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Ewan Crawford 08/10/2017
Ewan Crawford //1989
Bill Jamieson 03/11/1971
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John Furnevel 23/09/2008
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Bill Roberton //1989
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Bill Roberton 10/02/1989
John Furnevel 23/09/2008
This box was associated with the single track swing bridge over the West Cut, between Carron Dock (west) and Western Channel (east). Its purpose was to signal the bridge was in position, the box was not a block post.
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Ewan Crawford //1997
Bill Jamieson 03/11/1971
The docks developed over an extended period.
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This box was associated with the single track swing bridge over the East Cut, between Grange Dock (west) and Eastern Channel (east). Its purpose was to signal the bridge was in position, it was not a block post.
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This large terminal is owned by Ineos - Grangemouth . There are several groups of sidings and oil is regularly dispatched to a number of destinations; Monkton Oil Sidings (Prestwick), Dalston Oil Storage Depot, Linkswood Oil Depot and Sinfin North Sidings.
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