Gartness
Location type
StationName and dates
Gartness (1856-1934)Opened on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station with single siding at the east end. At the west end was a level crossing. East of the station was Gartness Junction where the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway was met by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway which used its metals to reach Buchlyvie Junction where it branched off for Aberfoyle.
The site is now occupied by a house.
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Killearn Drymen Balfron Dumgoyne Caldarvan Duntreath Halt Blanefield Buchlyvie Strathblane Jamestown Balloch [1st] Balloch Balloch Pier Gartmore Alexandria | Gartness Viaduct Gartness Junction Altwhir Viaduct Drumquharn Tile Works Drymen Viaduct Blackburn Siding Killearn Shed Tourist/other Gartness Castle Dalnair House Killearn House Killearn Hospital Buchanan Monument Buchanan Castle Cattermuir Crossing Ballat Crossing |
| 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. |
Books
 The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos) |
