RAILSCOT | Bo'ness

Station

This is the northern terminus of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved] (Boness and Kinneil Railway ).

Heritage steam and diesel trains operate south to Manuel where a connection is made to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway main line.

The station has the former 1842 iron trainshed from Haymarket station ('A' listed), signal box from Garnqueen South Junction ('A' listed) and footbridge from Murthly. The station building is from Wormit.

It is a two platform station. A longer platform with loop and a bay, on its south side, at the west end.

The first station in Bo'ness was further west Bo'ness [1st].

The railway is operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society who also operate the Museum of Scottish Railways at the station.

Boness
10/10/2021

Nearby stations Bo^ness [1st] Kinneil Kinneil [1st] Culross [1st] Culross [2nd] Linlithgow Birkhill Torryburn Manuel Low Level Manuel High Level Manuel Cairneyhill Braeside Halt Charlestown [1st] Charlestown	The Museum of Scottish Railways Bo^ness TMD Victoria Saw Mills Fertiliser Works Bridgeness No 6 Colliery Carriden Shipbreaking Yard Kinneil Iron Works Kinneil Colliery Snab Pits Carriden Colliery Kinneil Slag Hill Preston Island Tourist/other Snab Pier Watt^s Workshop Kinneil House Kinneil House
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /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.
/ /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	Dalderse and Springfield Iron Works Branch (North British Railway) Scottish Railway Preservation Society stock moved from Springfield Yard to Bo'ness.
/ /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.

31/08/2023	Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway host steam gala this weekend [Falkirk Herald]
07/03/2023	Class 91 locomotive donated for preservation [Eversholt Rail]
24/01/2023	Hydrogen Train Project, Scotland [Railway Technology]
06/01/2023	Crewe's record-breaking 91 saved for Boness museum [Rail]
21/11/2022	Scotland's hydrogen train project looks back to the future [RailTech.com]
12/10/2022	Scottish hydrogen train testing completed [Railway Gazette]
04/09/2022	Revolutionary hydrogen-powered train starts Scottish test runs [Scotsman]
30/06/2022	Falkirk crime: Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway appeal for donations after vandalism [Falkirk Herald]
07/06/2022	All aboard for murder mystery on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Falkirk Herald]
26/04/2022	Thomas the Tank Engine is on track for Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway [Falkirk Herald]