This railway was closed but has largely been re-opened as the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved] by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. The curve to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was built as part of the original line although this is now achieved via a reversing spur on a similar alignment but requiring reversal.
17/03/1851 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Causewayend to Bo'ness [1st] opened. |
/ /1875 | Bo'ness Dock Authorisation to build a wet dock on the east side of Bo'ness Harbour. The dock would be served by the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway with coal hoists at the east end of the dock. A timber basin was also added - located to the south of today's Bo'ness station, now the car park. |
/ /1876 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Line extended east to Bridgeness No 6 Colliery. |
15/07/1897 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Caledonian Railway granted running powers to Bo'ness [1st] and Bo'ness Dock. |
01/02/1899 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Caledonian Railway starts to operate over line. |
01/07/1899 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Caledonian Railway ceases to operate over line. |
01/05/1930 | Monkland and Kirkintilloch RailwayBallochney Railway
Slamannan Railway
Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Coatbridge (Greenside Junction) (excluded) to Manuel Low Level (excluded) closed to passengers. Commonhead, Rawyards, Airdrie Hallcraig Street, Whiterigg stations on the Ballochney Railway closed. Longriggend, Slamannan, Avonbridge, Blackston Junction, Bowhouse, Causewayend [MR] [2nd] closed. |
01/05/1933 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Manuel Low Level to Bo'ness Low Junction (excluded) closed to passengers. Manuel Low Level closed. |
07/05/1956 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Bo'ness [1st] to Polmont (Boness Junction) closed to passengers. |
19/07/1965 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Bo'ness [1st] to Kinneil Colliery (excluded) closed to freight. |
19/07/1975 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Kinneil Colliery to Bo'ness Junction closed. |
/ /1979 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Scottish Railway Preservation Society starts to build line at Bo'ness. |
/ /1981 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway New Bo'ness station opened by Scottish Railway Preservation Society. |
/ /1981 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Opening ceremony at Bo'ness for the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved]. |
/ /1987 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Kinneil station opened by Scottish Railway Preservation Society. |
/ /1989 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Birkhill station opened by Scottish Railway Preservation Society. |
/ /1989 | South of Scotland Electricity Board Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Using track recovered from Kincardine Power Station the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway was extended 3.5 miles from Kinneil to Birkhill (with support from Falkirk District Council, Central Regional Council and the Scottish Tourist Board). |
/ /1990 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Scottish Railway Preservation Society completes Bo'ness line to Manuel Junction (A station was opened here and the line may be extended to join the Union Canal). |
/ /1995 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Scottish Railway Museum opens as the Scottish Railway Exhibition at Bo'ness. |
16/08/2001 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Artemis motorised Mk3 Driving Van Trailer (82113 renumbered at 19001) tested on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved] . |
/09/2001 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Virgin Trains uses the preserved line, the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, for defensive driving training. |
27/03/2010 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Commissioning of the upgrading of 1.5 mile extension (cost £125,000). |
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Causewayend Incline Foot signal box was located here, closed in 1930 when the line closed to passengers. The box was to the south of the basin sidings and north of the Manuel low level line.
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This was the low level of an interchange station. The station was to the north of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway embankment. There was an interchange with its Manuel High Level station.
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This was the junction between two arms of the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway. The line from the Bo'ness [1st] terminus ran south and divided here with a curve to the west going to meet the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Bo'ness High Junction and another route continuing under the E&G to Causewayend Junction. In its original state, before Manuel Low opened, both ...
More detailsThis six arch single track masonry viaduct crosses the River Avon at Avonbank, just south of Birkhill. The viaduct is 345 ft long overall and 68 ft high.
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This fireclay mine was to the west of Birkhill station and by the River Avon. It produced clay for heat resistant bricks. It consisted of several pits and had its own narrow gauge line bridge over the River Avon. It was operated by P&M Hurll.
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Historically there was no station at Birkhill. This is a new station with old buildings. The main station building is from Monifieth and prior to reassembly at Birkhill was used at the Glasgow Garden Festival.
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This was a small station to the north west of Kinneil. Due to misspelling in timetables it was also known as Kinniel. The station had a timber platform and small station building, more of a shelter.
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This iron works had four blast furnaces and was owned by William Wilson and Co. The furnaces were charged on the south side, with a tramway running south and east to a number of ironstone and coal pits (Kinneil Tramway). On the north side were the pig iron, foundry and smithy sidings, connected to the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway. Slag was deposited to the north, north west ...
More detailsThis is the northern terminus of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved] (Boness and Kinneil Railway ).
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This museum is in exhibition halls located at Bo'ness, just north of the preserved station on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved]. The extensive collection includes locomotives, carriages, wagons and other items.
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This was the junction between two arms of the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway. The line from the Bo'ness [1st] terminus ran south and divided here with a curve to the west going to meet the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Bo'ness High Junction and another route continuing under the E&G to Causewayend Junction. In its original state, before Manuel Low opened, both ...
More detailsThis is a relatively new station, opened in 2013. It is the southern terminus of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved]. It is located at the reversing spur at the southern end of the line from which the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway main line may be entered from the west. There are no platforms on the main line, only a single track on the preserved line.
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This is the junction for the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved] located at the west end of the former Manuel High Level station. Access to the line is by reversal from the eastbound line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway to a headshunt on the north side of the line.
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