Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings
Location type
Sidings
Name and dates
Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings (1943-1950)
Opened on the Largs Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
These sidings served a Second World War oil depot with partly buried oil storage tanks alongside the Largs branch in countryside not far to the north of Ardrossan. The oil was manufactured at the nearby Ardrossan Refinery and puimped to the site.
Sidings were laid out on the west side of the line, approached from the north. Five tanks were on the east side, north east of the sidings site with a further five tanks further away at Rashley.
Several surface buildings remain and much of the site is in agricultural use with a stables on the sidings site.
Local
Secret Scotland - Montfode Fuel Depot
Tags
Second World War sidingsExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
Nearby stations Ardrossan North Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier Ardrossan Winton Pier Ardrossan Harbour Ardrossan Town Ardrossan South Beach Saltcoats North Saltcoats [2nd] Saltcoats Saltcoats [1st] West Kilbride Stevenston Moorpark Stevenston Ardeer Platform Kilwinning Byres | Other railway and industry locations Montfode Oil Depot Boydston Signal Box Ardrossan Refinery Ardrossan North Shed Ardrossan North Goods Kirkland Glen Viaduct Parkhouse Junction Ardrossan Western Breakwater Castlehill Junction Ardrossan Shed [GSW] [2nd] Ardrossan Shed [GSW] [1st] Ardrossan Harbour Signal Box Tourist/other Eglinton Dock Ardrossan Castle Ardrossan Old Dock |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Gourock to Largs Coast Through Time |  Largs 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 03.12 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire) |  Old Largs |  Old West Kilbride |
