Birkhill

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Birkhill (2000-)

Opened on the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway.
Open on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved].

Description

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.

The station has two platforms and a loop, the line is single track. Until relatively recently there was only one platform, with the building.

On the original line a box opened here in 1899 and closed in 1957. This box was on the west side of the line north of the station. A long siding ('Tod's Mill Siding') ran south from here to the Birkhill Fireclay Mine. The box was at the mid point of a loop.

Local

Nearby was the Birkhill Fireclay Mine which became a museum after closure. Unfortunately this has closed. Birkhill Fireclay Mine

Boness and Kinneil Railway

Tags

Station preservation heritage
03/05/2019


Chronology Dates

  /  /1989Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway
Birkhill station opened by Scottish Railway Preservation Society.
  /  /1989South 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).

News items

09/11/2023Here's why the tale of Monifieth station is a love story that's set to run and run [The Courier]