Dunmore Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Dunmore Junction (1885-1950)Opened on the South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway).
Opened on the Alloa Railway.
Description
This was a double track junction with the brick built N1 style signal box on the west side. It opened in 1885 when the Alloa Railway extended the South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) to Alloa (Alloa West Junction and Alloa Goods [CR] over the Alloa Bridge. The terminus at South Alloa closed to passengers.
The South Alloa line had been single track. The portion south to Alloa Junction was doubled. Just north of Dunmore Junction on the South Alloa route the route dropped down to a single track.
The route to South Alloa closed completely in 1950, save for a headshunt to reach a depot. The junction became a single lead, approaching a loop from which, by reversal, the depot was reached. The box closed in 1952 but a ground frame was installed. The box remained standing for many years afterwards (at least 1964).
The route to Alloa closed in 1968 to passengers and 1970 to goods. The line remained open for access to RNAD Bandeath until 1978.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
09/08/2020
| Nearby stations Throsk Airth South Alloa Alloa Ferry Plean Alloa [1st] Alloa Alloa Junction Cambus Clackmannan and Kennet Bannockburn Clackmannan Road Kilbagie Kincardine Blackgrange | Colliery Alloa Bridge Bridge-end [Letham Moss] Forthbank 1,2 Forthbank Pit Forthbank Yard Alloa Wet Dock Alloa Glass Works Kelliebank Glass Works Forth Shipbuilding Yard Tourist/other Carnock House Dunmore Park The Pineapple Forth Bridge Signal Box Clackmannan Pier |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1884 | South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Permission granted to double the branch from Alloa Junction to Dunmore Junction. |
| 01/10/1885 | Alloa Railway
South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Line from Dunmore Junction to Alloa West Junction and swing bridge, Alloa Bridge opened. Caledonian Railway trains start to use Alloa [1st] station. Dunmore Junction to South Alloa closed to passengers. Alloa Goods [CR] opened. |
| 13/07/1886 | South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Alloa Junction to Dunmore Junction doubling completed. |
| 01/04/1978 | Alloa RailwaySouth Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Throsk to Dunmore Junction to Alloa Junction closed to freight. |
Books
 Scottish Central Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
