Forth Ironworks Railway
Introduction
This was a mineral line near Oakley which served an ironworks, ironstone and coal mines and latterly the Comrie Colliery.
The works opened around 1846 with seven blast furnaces and provided the bulk of freight carried by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway in its early years. The works closed in 1869. Some ironstone and coalmines remained in operation for other concerns, such as the Carron Iron Company.
Why built
This railway started as a network of lines serving the Forth Ironworks and its various coal and ironstone mines. On closure of the ironworks ownership was transferred to the North British Railway whose Kinnedar Branch it became serving mines at Oakley Colliery. In the final phase it became the Comrie Colliery Branch from Oakley station with an exchange yard near the junction with the mainline.
Service
This line is closed.
Dates
| / /1846 | Forth Ironworks Railway Ironworks opened with 7 blast furnaces. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This was a two platform station. It was built over station road, south of Oakley. There was a goods yard to the west, on the south side of the line and served from the west. The main station building was on the westbound platform, just to the west of the bridge.
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See also
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Kinnedar Branch (North British Railway)
Mark Poustie 23/09/2006
Mark Poustie 23/09/2006
Mark Poustie 23/09/2006
Mark Poustie 23/09/2006
This iron works had six blast furnaces. It was located north of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway at Oakley and had its own Forth Ironworks Railway system connecting the works to various pits.
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The mineral line to Oakley Colliery opened in 1892. It was altered to serve Comrie Colliery in 1935. A signal box was provided at this crossing in 1935. The box and line closed officially in 1987.
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Bill Roberton 17/05/1976
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