Croftengea Siding
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Croftengea Siding (-1965)Opened on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.
Description
This long siding served the Croftengea Works. It was a branch of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway leaving that line just east of Forth and Clyde Junction at Balloch.
As initially built there was a loop running as far as the loop on the F&CJR at the junction. This loop to the junction was lifted in later years.
Tags
Junction siding
| Nearby stations Jamestown Balloch Balloch [1st] Alexandria Balloch Pier Renton Caldarvan Dalreoch Dumbarton Central Cardross Dumbarton East Langbank Craigendoran Upper Craigendoran Craigendoran Pier | Jamestown Viaduct [Balloch] Forth and Clyde Junction [Balloch] Levenbank Print Works Levenfield Works Milton Works (Dyeing) [Riverside] Lomond Galleries Milton Works (Dyeing) Alexandria Works (Printing and dyeing) Balloch Shed Gas Works (Vale of Leven Gas Co) Loch Lomond Factory (Silk Dyeing) Tourist/other Loch Lomond Distillery Croftengea Signal Box Broomley House Vale of Leven Hospital |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/09/1964 | Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Croftengea Siding (excluded) to Jamestown closed completely. |
| 09/04/1965 | Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Forth and Clyde Junction [Balloch] (excluded) to Croftengea Siding closed completely. (Alternative date 04/04/1965). |
Books
 The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos) |
