Drymen
Location type
StationName and dates
Drymen (1856-1934)Opened on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station with a passing loop. The main stone build station building was on the eastbound platform.
A goods yard was approached from the east end and there was a level crossing at the west end.
The sidings played host to carriages when the railway was used by visitors to Buchanan Castle and the nearby Dalnair House.
The station house, now private houses, and goods shed, in commercial use, remain standing.
To the east was the Drymen Viaduct over the Endrick Water. The station is in Croftamie some way south of Drymen itself.
With the closure to passengers the signal box was reduced to a gate box. The route east to Gartness Junction was closed in 1949 and the line closed completely here in 1959.
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Gartness Killearn Caldarvan Dumgoyne Balfron Duntreath Halt Jamestown Blanefield Balloch [1st] Balloch Balloch Pier Alexandria Strathblane Buchlyvie Renton | Drymen Viaduct Altwhir Viaduct Gartness Viaduct Gartness Junction Finnery Siding Drumquharn Tile Works Gallangad Siding Tourist/other Dalnair House Cattermuir Crossing Gartness Castle Kilmaronock House Buchanan Castle Mavie Mill Crossing Killearn House Killearn Hospital |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/10/1934 | Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Closed to passengers from Balloch (Forth and Clyde Junction [Balloch]) to Gartness Junction and from Buchlyvie Junction to Stirling. The Gartness Junction to Buchlyvie Junction section was used by trains to Aberfoyle and Balfron and Buchlyvie stations remained open. Jamestown, Caldarvan, Drymen, Gartness, Port of Menteith, Kippen and Gargunnock closed to passengers. |
| 01/11/1950 | Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Buchlyvie Junction (excluded) to Mye Siding (excluded) and Drymen (excluded) to Gartness Junction (excluded) closed completely. The F&C line ceased to be a through route. |
| 05/10/1959 | Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Jamestown (excluded) to Drymen closed completely. |
Books
 The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos) |
