Date: 28/07/2013

All roads, well railway tracks at least, led to Bo^ness on Monday morning for a key announcement from the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS).
For the past year it has been full steam ahead to create a new halt for the Bo^ness and Kinneil Railway at the former Manuel Junction adjacent to the Edinburgh/Glasgow main line.
The new halt was formally opened by Linlithgow and East Falkirk MP Michael Connarty MP and his wife, Margaret, and marks a significant milestone for the SRPS.
It might have taken 30 years to make the link with the main line but the future is looking rosy for the charity which moved to Bo^ness from Falkirk in the early 1980s and which has gone from strength to strength, bringing around 60,000 visitors to Bo^ness annually.
With the link to Manuel now fully operational, passengers can enjoy a 10-mile round trip and future plans include a car park at Manuel and, eventually, a booking office to enable passengers to travel into Bo^ness from the new platform, a move which the SRPS is confident will benefit Bo^ness.

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The 1045 from Bo'ness following arrival at Manuel on 16 October hauled by no 17 Braeriach.
Location: Manuel High Level
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