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Forth and Clyde Junction Railway[edit]

Forth and Clyde Junction Railway

Legend

Caledonian and Dumbartonshire

Junction Railway

Balloch Central

Forth and Clyde Junction

Caledonian and Dumbartonshire

Junction Railway

Dalmonach (Croftengea) Siding

Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway

Gartness Junction

Balfron

Buchlyvie

Buchlyvie Junction

Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway

Port of Menteith

Ladylands Platform

Fairfield Siding closed 1866

Kippen

Gargunnock

Scottish Central Railway

Balloch Line (Stirling North) Junction

Stirling

Scottish Central Railway

The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway was a railway line in Scotland which ran from Balloch to Stirling.

It shared a short stretch from Gartness Junction to Buchlyvie Junction with the Glasgow to Aberfoyle line.

Opening[edit]

The line was opened on 25 May 1856 and operated by the North British Railway.

It is unlikely that the line was ever particularly viable, since it ran through a rural area without any town of any size, largely following the route of an old military road. Some of the stations were not particulary near the village they served e.g. Drymen station was really in the smaller village of Croftamie, and Balfron station was not very near Balfron (probably the largest village on its route) which led to a hamlet of Balfron Station growing up at the station.

Closure[edit]

The line was closed as a through route for passenger traffic on 1 October 1934, some years before the Beeching Axe, although the Glasgow to Aberfoyle line remained open for passenger traffic until 1951. The various sections were then progressively closed to passengers and freight:

1 November 1950 - Closed for freight: Drymen to Gartness Junction; and Buchlyvie Junction to Mye Siding
29 September 1951 - Closed for passengers: Gartness Junction and Buchlyvie Junction
1 December 1952 - Closed for frieght: Mye Siding to Port of Monteith
5 October 1959 - Closed for freight: Gartness Junction to Buchlyvie Junction; Jamestown to Drymen; and Port of Monteith to Stirling
1 September 1964 - Closed for frieght: Croftengea Siding to Jamestown (this stretch included a bridge over the River Leven which is now a footbridge).
9 April 1965 - Closed for frieght: Forth and Clyde Junction to Croftengea Siding

Connections to other lines[edit]

Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway at Forth and Clyde Junction
Scottish Central Railway at Stirling North Junction
Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway at Gartness Junction and Buchlyvie Junction

External links[edit]

Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing.
Jowett, Alan. (1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1.
RAILSCOT on Forth and Clyde Junction Railway

References[edit]

v t e Historical Scottish railway companies
Primary companies	Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Highland Railway North British Railway
Caledonian Railway	Aberdeen Railway Alloa Railway Alyth Arbroath and Forfar Busby Railway Cathcart District Clydesdale Junction Crieff Junction Crieff and Comrie Crieff and Methven Junction Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Dunblane, Doune and Callander Dundee and Perth Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Forfar and Brechin General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Greenock and Wemyss Bay Hamilton and Strathaven Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Leadhills and Wanlockhead Lesmahagow Railway Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Paisley and Barrhead District Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Polloc and Govan Rutherglen and Coatbridge Scottish Central Scottish Midland Junction Scottish North Eastern Solway Junction Symington, Biggar and Broughton Talla Railway Wishaw and Coltness Lines built by the Caledonian Railway Balerno line CR Cleland and Midcalder CR Main Line CR Douglas Branch CR Hamilton Branch CR Hamiltonhill Branch CR The Switchback Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway Callander and Oban Killin Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway	Ardrossan Railway Ardrossan and Johnstone Ayr and Dalmellington Ayr and Maybole Junction Ayr to Mauchline Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Barrhead Branch Bridge of Weir Railway Cairn Valley Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Castle Douglas and Dumfries Dalry and North Johnstone Darvel Branch Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Greenock and Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Troon Largs Branch Maidens and Dunure Maybole and Girvan Paisley and Renfrew Paisley Canal Line
Great North of Scotland Railway	Aberdeen and Turriff Aboyne and Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Boddam Branch Deeside Denburn Valley Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Moray Coast Morayshire St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway
Highland Railway	Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose Branch Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Inverness and Aviemore Direct Inverness and Nairn Inverness and Perth Junction Inverness and Ross-shire Kyle of Lochalsh Extension Perth and Dunkeld Sutherland and Caithness Sutherland Railway Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway Dornoch Light Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway
North British Railway	Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Anstruther and St Andrews Railway Ballochney Bathgate and Coatbridge Blane Valley Border Counties Railway Border Union Railway Campsie Branch Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company Coatbridge Branch Devon Valley Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry East of Fife Railway Edinburgh and Bathgate Edinburgh and Dalkeith Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Hawick Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Esk Valley Eyemouth Railway Fife and Kinross Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Gifford and Garvald Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Glasgow City and District Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Kelvin Valley Railway Kincardine Line Kinross-shire Railway Kirkcaldy and District Railway Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Leven Railway Leven and East of Fife Railway Macmerry Branch Monkland and Kirkintilloch Monkland Railways Montrose and Bervie Mallaig Extension Newburgh and North Fife Railway (worked by NBR) Newport Railway North Berwick Branch North British, Arbroath and Montrose Peebles Railway The St. Andrews Railway Stirling and Dunfermline Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Slamannan Slamannan and Borrowstounness Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway West Highland Railway West of Fife Mineral Railway Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness
Joint lines	Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction City Union Dundee and Arbroath Darvel and Strathaven Glasgow and Paisley Joint Glasgow and Renfrew District Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint
Other lines	Brechin and Edzell District Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway Dundee and Arbroath Hagdale Chromate Railway Invergarry and Fort Augustus Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway Lochaber Narrow Gauge Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway Skye Marble Railway Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway

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