Grangemouth New Oil Terminal
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Grangemouth New Oil TerminalServed by the Grangemouth Harbour Railways (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This large terminal is owned by Ineos - Grangemouth . There are several groups of sidings and oil is regularly dispatched to a number of destinations; Monkton Oil Sidings (Prestwick), Dalston Oil Storage Depot, Linkswood Oil Depot and Sinfin North Sidings.
Flows to Riccarton Oil Depot, Fort William Oil Sidings and Lairg Oil Depot have ceased in recent times.
Since the 1980s oil flows to Eastfield MPD, Haymarket MPD, Craigentinny Depot, Grangemouth Shed, Motherwell MPD, Ferryhill MPD, Inverness MPD, Leith South Yard, Granton, Jarrow, Leuchars (replaced by Linkswood), Maxwelltown, Wishaw Oil Depot, Hawkhead Oil Siding, Bishopbriggs Oil Depot, Oban and Connel Ferry have also ceased.
Tags
Oil Terminal| Nearby stations Grangemouth Kinneil [1st] Birkhill Kinneil Bo^ness [1st] Thornbridge Halt Polmont Culross [2nd] Manuel Bo^ness Manuel Low Level Manuel High Level Culross [1st] Causewayend [SR] Causewayend [MR] [2nd] | Grangemouth New Oil Terminal Awaiting Loading Grangemouth New Oil Terminal Loading Grangemouth New Oil Terminal Arrival Grangemouth New Oil Terminal Loaded Anglo-American Oil Company Oil Tanks Grangemouth Oil (Gas) Terminal Grangemouth Docks Gas Oil Exchange Sidings BP Chemicals Junction Tourist/other Grange Dock Grangemouth No 5 Signal Box (East Cut) Grangemouth Eastern Channel Timber Basin Grangemouth Eastern Channel Grangemouth Western Channel Grangemouth No 4 Signal Box (West Cut) |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 24/09/2001 | West Highland Railway Heating and gas oil traffic from Grangemouth New Oil Terminal to Fort William Oil Sidings restarts (having ceased in the 1980s). |
