Bainsford Basin

Location type

Place

Name and dates

Bainsford Basin

Opened on the Carron Company.

Nearby stations
Falkirk Grahamston
Falkirk Camelon [1st]
Camelon
Falkirk High
Thornbridge Halt
Camelon [1st]
Larbert
Grangemouth
Polmont
Alloa Junction
Bonnybridge
Airth
Bonnybridge Central
Bonnybridge Canal Goods
Greenhill
Falkirk Iron Works
Lock 5 [FCC]
Castlelaurie Iron Works
Lock 6 [FCC]
Grahamston Iron Works
Dalderse Goods and Mineral Depot
Forganhall Galvanising Works
Springfield Yard
Springfield Saw Mills
Lock 7 [FCC]
Carron Junction
Falkirk Aluminium Works
Carron Iron Works [Expansion]
Springfield Goods
Tourist/other
Thornhill Road Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

  /  /1810Carron Iron Works
Tramway (see Carron Company) to Bainsford Basin on the Forth and Clyde Canal opened, replacing an earlier navigable cut.
  /  /1860Carron Iron Works
Tramway to Bainsford Basin on the Forth and Clyde Canal abandoned after railway opened from Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Larbert and Stenhousemuir

Old Larbert and Stenhousemuir

Where Iron Runs Like Water: A New History of the Carron Iron Works, 1759-1982