Bainsford Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Bainsford Junction (1908-1991)Opened on the Bainsford Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Opened on the Bainsford Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This was an end-on junction between the Caledonian Railway and the North British Railway on the secondary route to Grangemouth between Swing Bridge Junction (west) and Fouldubs Junctions (east).
The line to the west was the Bainsford Branch (North British Railway) and to the east the Bainsford Branch (Caledonian Railway). The two lines together were a sort of joint line.
The box opened with the lines in 1908. It closed in the same year but was reopened in 1911. It closed permanently in 1931.
This was later the location of the branch north west to the Falkirk Aluminium Works. The line west of this works closed in 1968. The line remained open until around 1991.
Orchardhall Swing Bridge was a little to the east.
Tags
Junction end-on junction| Nearby stations Thornbridge Halt Falkirk Grahamston Grangemouth Falkirk High Falkirk Camelon [1st] Camelon Larbert Camelon [1st] Polmont Airth Alloa Junction Kincardine Birkhill Bonnybridge Bonnybridge Central | Abbots Iron Works Lock 4 [FCC] Orchardhall Swing Bridge Falkirk Aluminium Works Lock 3 [1st] [FCC] Falkirk Gas Works Carron Cut Forganhall Galvanising Works Lock 3 [FCC] Castlelaurie Iron Works Lock 2 [Sea Lock] [FCC] Lock 5 [FCC] Falkirk Iron Works Tourist/other The Kelpies Thornhill Road Level Crossing |
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