RAILSCOT | Bo'ness

Station

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.

Boness
04/08/2020

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 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 Linlithgow Palace
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.