Whinhill Siding
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Whinhill SidingOpened on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.
Description
This siding was east of Hilton Road Level Crossing. The siding was a loop off the eastbound line and on the north side of the railway. Crossovers allowed access to the siding from the westbound line. The signal box, 'Whinhill Colliery', was on the south side of the line.
The loop served the Whinhill Pit was was next to the railway. A tramway ran north to the Whinhill Fire Clay Brick and Tile Works and Carsebridge Distillery and a link west to the Alloa Waggonway.
The signal box closed in 1908, replaced by the new box at Hilton Road Level Crossing.
The railway closed in 1981 but the track from Alloa West Junction to Kincardine remained in place.
When the railway was being prepared for re-opening in 2008 the stone built embankment by the former siding was revealed with the removal of trees and clearance of the trackbed.
Tags
Siding signal box12/06/2019
| Nearby stations Alloa Alloa [1st] Clackmannan and Kennet Alloa Ferry Clackmannan Road Sauchie South Alloa Glenfoot Forest Mill Kilbagie Throsk Tillicoultry Alva Cambus Menstrie and Glenochil | Whinhill Pit Alloa Loop Hilton Brick Works Kincardine Junction Alloa NCB Workshops Alloa Co-op Coal Siding Alloa Brewery Alloa Shed Zetland Siding Alloa East Junction Craigrie Colliery Tourist/other Hilton Road Level Crossing Clackmannan Tower Alloa Tower Sauchie Colliery Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
