Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway
Introduction
This railway is closed. It was a single track line running from Kilsyth, where it met the Kelvin Valley Railway owned by the North British Railway, through Bonnybridge to near Larbert, where it met the Denny Branch (Scottish Central Railway) owned by the Caledonian Railway. It opened in 1888. As a result of being a boundary between the companies it became a jointly operated line, the NBR one year and the CR the following. Passenger traffic was light, the railway serving a largely farmed area with small villages. The line served several mines and quarries and carried traffic for the Bankier Distillery. Many of the pits were close to worked out having been served by tramways from the parallel Forth and Clyde Canal, to the south. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway also served the area, to the south of the canal. In 1923 it was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway. Passenger trains were withdrawn in 1935 - and additionally the eastern end from Bonnywater Junction to Dennyloanhead. The line progressively closed from the east, the last portion closing in 1964 along with the eastern part of the KVR. There were no major structures other than a viaduct in Kilsyth, which has not survived, between the junction and Kilsyth New.
Dates
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Kilsyth to Bonnywater
This was the junction where the Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway met the Kelvin Valley Railway. Kilsyth Shed was located to the north, approached from the junction to the east.
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See also
Kelvin Valley Railway
Bairds of Gartshore^s Railway
Ewan Crawford //1991
This was a single platform through station. The platform was to the north of the running line and the station building was a typical North British Railway design with a platform awning.
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This was a single platform station to the east of Kilsyth (New) which served Colzium House, just to the north.
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This siding, for Banton Brick Works, was on the north side of the line and approached from the east. The brick works was also served by the Banton Tramway which ran to Kelvinhead Jetty on the Forth and Clyde Canal.
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This siding, originally serving a pit by Jewelbank Cottage, was an interchange with a tramway to Cowden Hill Quarry, to the north. A rock crusher was located by the siding. It was served from the west.
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This was a two platform station with a passing loop. The station building, a small North British Railway type with canopy, was at the west end of the westbound platform. On the opposite platform was a waiting room. The west end of the station was crossed by a girder road bridge. The station was in the north of the village of Banknock, just west of Banknock House.
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This was a single platform station with no passing loop. The platform was on the south side of the line and there was a small station building. It was crossed at the west end by Station Road. There was a goods yard at the east end, with a siding approached from the east. To the north was Knowehead Colliery with sidings served from the east.
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Brian Forbes 26/06/2006
This was a single platform station with a goods yard at its east end. The platform was on the south side of the single track. There was a long loop to the east of the station.
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This was a single road shed. ...
More detailsThis was a junction between the 1858 Denny Branch (Scottish Central Railway) and the 1888 Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway. Both lines were single track. There was a loop on the later line running west from the junction.
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See also
Denny Branch (Scottish Central Railway)
