Grangemouth
Location type
StationName and dates
Grangemouth (1861-1968)Station code: GGM National Rail
Opened on the Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal).
Description
This was a single platform terminus with a trainshed. The trainshed was cut back at an unknown date before closure. The station was to the west of Grangemouth No 2 Signal Box where the lines to the older and newer Grangemouth docks divided.
The station building appeared to be the original terminus. To the immediate north Station Road originally crossed the dock lines on the level, being lifted onto a bridge as traffic increased from further docks.
The passenger lines joined the goods and mineral lines to the south, at Grangemouth No 1 Signal Box. The whole line was doubled in 1882 just in advance of the opening of the Carron Dock.
On the west side of the line, just south of the station, was a timber basin which was served by sidings from Grangemouth No 1 Signal Box.
The large water tank here was manufactured at the Caledonian Railway's workshops in Greenock in 1866.
Nothing now remains of the station. A warehouse occupies a similar site and the trackbed alongside is vacant.
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Station Terminus
| Nearby stations Thornbridge Halt Polmont Falkirk Grahamston Birkhill Falkirk High Kincardine Falkirk Camelon [1st] Camelon Kinneil [1st] Manuel Kinneil Larbert Camelon [1st] Manuel Low Level Manuel High Level | Grangemouth Shed [1st] Grangemouth Saw Mill Grangemouth Goods Grangemouth Docks Shed Lock 1 [1st] [Sea Lock] [FCC] Lock 2 [1st] [FCC] Tourist/other Grangemouth No 2 Signal Box Grangemouth Timber Basin Grangemouth Junction Dock Grangemouth New Timber Basin Grangemouth No 3 Signal Box Grangemouth Canal Basin Grangemouth Old Dock Grangemouth Bonded Timber Basin Grangemouth No 1 Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1857 | Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company)
Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway Grangemouth to Falkirk Grahamston line bill. Not authorised. |
| / /1891 | Kirkcaldy District Railway (North British Railway) Bill promoted to extend the line west to Larbert and Grangemouth, both on the Caledonian Railway. Bill passes in the Commons but fails in the Lords. |
| 18/02/1913 | Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company) Grangemouth Goods, town goods shed, authorised (north east of Grangemouth station, across Station Road and Dock Road). |
| 29/01/1968 | Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company) Grangemouth to Falkirk Grahamston (Grangemouth Junction) closed to passengers. |
