Buchlyvie Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Buchlyvie Junction (1882-1949)Opened on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.
Opened on the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway.
Description
This was the junction between the older Balloch to Stirling line and the Aberfoyle branch of 1882. It was located at the east end of Buchlyvie station's loop.
The junction box closed in 1895 when the junction location was moved a little further west, to the immediate east of the station loop.
The route from Balloch to Stirling closed to passengers in 1934 but still carried specials, such as troop trains in the Second World War. The line east to Mye Siding closed in 1950 and was lifted not long afterwards.
The remaining line closed to passengers in 1951. It closed to goods when the Aberfoyle branch was cut back to Lennox Castle Siding in 1959. Track remained for several years.
The formation of the junction can still be clearly seen. Both routes east of Buchlyvie are popular walking routes. (The trackbed going west is not a footpath.)
Tags
Junction footpath
| Nearby stations Buchlyvie Port of Menteith Gartmore Balfron Ladylands Platform Fairfields Siding Aberfoyle Gartness Kippen Killearn Dumgoyne Drymen Duntreath Halt Blanefield Strathblane | Mye Gravel Pit Balwill Siding Mye Siding Kelty Water Bridge Barbadoes Siding Forth Viaduct [Gartmore] Tourist/other Knockinshannock Crossing Blackhouse Crossing Gartmore House Ballat Crossing Cardross House Inch Talla Castle Lake of Menteith Inchmahome Priory Ballikinrain Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
Books
 The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos) |
