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To the north of Plean station the Plean colliery line met the main line. The branch was approached from the north. To the north of this were railway cottages and Plean signal box, a very tall box as it will built to be high enough to see over the road bridge over the railway just to the north. The box was on the west side of the line. Opposite this a tramway ran east to Dunmore Quarry.

North of the bridge the goods yard was on the west side. There was a goods shed reached by reversal and a series of dead end sidings on the west side, approached from the south. A mineral line ran north west to Bannockburn Colliery No 3.

On the opposite side was a branch to Bannockburn Colliery and Polmaise Quarry. There were several dead end sidings on the east side, approached from the south, starting from the branch junction.

After all the lines closed sidings remained serving the Norbord Factory. These closed in the early 1990s.

The box survived until 2008, closing with the resignalling associated with the re-opening of the route to Alloa.

The bridge which crossed the railway has been removed. A new higher bridge replaces it to the north.

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