Forth Bridge Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Forth Bridge Signal Box (1885-1970)Opened on the Alloa Railway.
Description
This timber built signal box controlled the northern approach to Alloa Bridge (Alloa swing bridge over the River Forth). The box was on the west side of the embankment just north of the bridge.
To the north, the line was double track and the line over the bridge was single track. The southbound line straight onto the bridge, a train coming north over the bridge diverted, just beyond the box, onto the northbound line.
There was a safety boathouse nearby also on the north bank of the river, just to the east of the bridge.
The line closed to passengers in 1968 and completely in 1970.
The site has been obliterated with the removal of the embankment.
Tags
Signal box09/08/2020
| Nearby stations Throsk South Alloa Alloa Ferry Cambus Alloa [1st] Alloa Blackgrange Plean Airth Bannockburn Manor Powis Sauchie Menstrie and Glenochil Clackmannan and Kennet Alva | Alloa Bridge Eglinton Bottling Stores Longcarse Junction Iron Foundry Kelliebank Glass Works Forth Shipbuilding Yard Weirs Pumps Kelliebank Bottling Stores Alloa Shed [CR] Alloa Marshalling Yard Alloa Glass Works Bass Crest Brewery Alloa Goods [CR] Alloa Harbour Tourist/other RNAD Bandeath |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
