Bowhouse
Location type
StationName and dates
Bowhouse (1840-1930)Opened on the Slamannan Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station with three sidings. The platform was on the east side and built in timber. There was a stone built loading bank. The goods shed was in the yard, but not rail served.
The original station was slightly different, with a passing loop on a corner and siding on the east side. With enlargements to the station the nearby road to the west was realigned.
To the north was Bowhouse Junction, junction for the Bowhouse Branch.
A signal box, for the station and junction, opened in 1892 and lasted until it was replaced with a ground frame in 1926.
The A801 has been realigned to cut through to the south of the former station on the level. The stone loading bank remains and the mound of the timber platform.
Tags
StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
05/05/2019
| Nearby stations Causewayend [MR] [1st] Causewayend [SR] Causewayend [MR] [2nd] Westfield Manuel Manuel High Level Manuel Low Level Blackston Junction Polmont Avonbridge Birkhill Glenellrig Linlithgow Bathgate Lower Thornbridge Halt | Bowhouse Junction Causewayend Incline Top Causewayend Engine House Causewayend Junction Maddiston Craigend Colliery Craigend Brickworks Manuelrig Siding Gateside Nos 1 and 2 Collieries Almond Iron Works Canal Lye Almond Junction Blackstone Colliery Pit No 3 Brickworks Tourist/other Muiravonside Country Park Avon Aqueduct |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 05/08/1840 | Slamannan Railway Ballochney Junction to Causewayend [SR] opened. Slamannan, Avonbridge, Bowhouse, Causewayend [SR] opened. |
| / /1868 | Roughrigg and Gateside Collieries Branch (North British Railway) Approximate year of opening to Roughrigg Colliery from Bowhouse. |
| 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. |
| / /1960 | Slamannan Railway Blackston Junction (excluded) to Bowhouse (excluded) closed to freight |
| 06/07/1964 | Slamannan Railway
Slamannan Junction Railway Closed from Bowhouse to Causewayend Junction to Manuel Brick Works (excluded). |
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
