Dennyloanhead
Location type
StationName and dates
Dennyloanhead (1888-1935)Opened on the Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station with no passing loop. The platform was on the south side of the line and there was a small station building. It was crossed at the west end by Station Road. There was a goods yard at the east end, with a siding approached from the east. To the north was Knowehead Colliery with sidings served from the east.
The station was not in Dennyloanhead itself, but further west at Longcroft.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
02/11/2017
| Nearby stations Upper Greenhill Banknock Castlecary Greenhill Bonnybridge Canal Goods Bonnybridge Central Bonnybridge Denny Dullator Camelon [1st] Colzium Cumbernauld Larbert Camelon Falkirk Camelon [1st] | Knowehead Colliery New Bonnyrigg Pit Upper Bonnyrigg Pit Lock 18 [FCC] Lock 17 [FCC] Castlecary Fireclay Works Lock 19 [FCC] Banknock Colliery Cannerton Pit Broomrigg Colliery Pit No 2 Bonnybridge Bond Banknock Colliery Livingstone Pit Castlecary Curve Cannerton Brickworks Tourist/other Seabegs Wood Castlecary Roman Fort |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 02/07/1888 | Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway Railway opened to passengers and freight. Line operated by both the North British Railway and Caledonian Railway. Stations at Kilsyth (New), Colzium, Banknock, Dennyloanhead, Bonnybridge Central. |
| 01/02/1935 | Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway Bonnywater Junction (excluded) to Dennyloanhead (excluded) closed to all traffic. |
| 01/03/1956 | Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway Dennyloanhead to Banknock (excluded) closed to freight. |
News items
| 08/09/2022 | Ian Scott: Heading west on a historical walk from Dennyloanhead to Banknock [Falkirk Herald] |
