Bowhouse railway station

Bowhouse
Bowhouse
	The goods only station in 1962
General information
Location	Bowhouse, Falkirk; Scotland
Coordinates	55°57′27″N 3°41′20″W / 55.9574°N 3.6889°W
Grid reference	NS945751
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Slamannan Railway
Pre-grouping	Monkland Railways; North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1840s	Opened
1 May 1930	Closed to passengers
6 July 1964	Closed to goods

Bowhouse railway station served the suburb of Bowhouse, Falkirk, Scotland, from the 1840s to 1964 on the Slamannan Railway.

History

The station was opened in the 1840s by the Slamannan Railway. It has three sidings a loading bank and a goods yard with a goods shed, although it wasn't served by rail. The signal box opened in 1892 but it was downgraded to a ground frame in 1892. The station closed to passengers on 1 May 1930^[1] and closed to goods on 6 July 1964.^[2]

References

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 90. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Bowhouse Station (remains) © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Causewayend Line and station closed		Slamannan Railway		Blackston Junction Line and station closed

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[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 90. OCLC 931112387.

[BowhouseStationInfo-2] "Bowhouse Station (remains) © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

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