This is the northern terminus of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway [Preserved] (Boness and Kinneil Railway ).
Heritage steam and diesel trains operate south to Manuel where a connection is made to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway main line.
The station has the former 1842 iron trainshed from Haymarket station (^A^ listed), signal box from Garnqueen South Junction (^A^ listed) and footbridge from Murthly. The station building is from Wormit.
It is a two platform station. A longer platform with loop and a bay, on its south side, at the west end.
The first station in Bo^ness was further west Bo'ness [1st].
The railway is operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society who also operate the Museum of Scottish Railways at the station.
Nearby stations Bo^ness [1st] Kinneil Kinneil [1st] Culross [1st] Culross [2nd] Linlithgow Birkhill Torryburn Manuel Low Level Manuel High Level Manuel Cairneyhill Braeside Halt Charlestown [1st] Charlestown | The Museum of Scottish Railways Bo^ness TMD Fertiliser Works Bridgeness No 6 Colliery Kinneil Iron Works Kinneil Colliery Snab Pits Carriden Colliery Kinneil Slag Hill Preston Island The Moat Tourist/other Snab Pier Watt^s Workshop Kinneil House Kinneil House Linlithgow Loch |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |
/ /1875 | Bo'ness Dock Authorisation to build a wet dock on the east side of Bo^ness Harbour. The dock would be served by the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway with coal hoists at the east end of the dock. A timber basin was also added - located to the south of today^s Bo'ness station, now the car park. |
/ /1979 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Scottish Railway Preservation Society starts to build line at Bo'ness. |
/ /1981 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway New Bo'ness station opened by Scottish Railway Preservation Society. |
/ /1987 | Dalderse and Springfield Iron Works Branch (North British Railway) Scottish Railway Preservation Society stock moved from Springfield Yard to Bo'ness. |
/ /1990 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Scottish Railway Preservation Society completes Bo'ness line to Manuel Junction (A station was opened here and the line may be extended to join the Union Canal). |
/ /1995 | Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Scottish Railway Museum opens as the Scottish Railway Exhibition at Bo'ness. |