Grangemouth

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Grangemouth (1861-1968)

Station code: GGM National Rail
Opened on the Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal).

Description

This was a single platform terminus with a trainshed. The trainshed was cut back at an unknown date before closure. The station was to the west of Grangemouth No 2 Signal Box where the lines to the older and newer Grangemouth docks divided.

The station building appeared to be the original terminus. To the immediate north Station Road originally crossed the dock lines on the level, being lifted onto a bridge as traffic increased from further docks.

The passenger lines joined the goods and mineral lines to the south, at Grangemouth No 1 Signal Box. The whole line was doubled in 1882 just in advance of the opening of the Carron Dock.

On the west side of the line, just south of the station, was a timber basin which was served by sidings from Grangemouth No 1 Signal Box.

The large water tank here was manufactured at the Caledonian Railway's workshops in Greenock in 1866.

Nothing now remains of the station. A warehouse occupies a similar site and the trackbed alongside is vacant.

Tags

Station Terminus




Chronology Dates

  /  /1857Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company) Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
Grangemouth to Falkirk Grahamston line bill. Not authorised.
  /  /1891Kirkcaldy District Railway (North British Railway)
Bill promoted to extend the line west to Larbert and Grangemouth, both on the Caledonian Railway. Bill passes in the Commons but fails in the Lords.
18/02/1913Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company)
Grangemouth Goods, town goods shed, authorised (north east of Grangemouth station, across Station Road and Dock Road).
29/01/1968Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company)
Grangemouth to Falkirk Grahamston (Grangemouth Junction) closed to passengers.

News items

22/11/2023Grangemouth oil refinery due to cease operations by 2025 [BBC News]
09/12/2022Railway fencing boost for Grangemouth wildlife centre [Network Rail]
02/11/2022Plastic pipes by rail between England and Scotland [RailFreight.com]
11/08/2022West of Scotland intermodal cruise connects to the world [RailFreight.com]
04/08/2022INEOS at Grangemouth backs bid for Forth Green Freeport [Ineos]
27/07/2022MSC UK announces new rail service connecting Scotland with global trade routes [Port Technology]
27/01/2022INEOS at Grangemouth announces plans to construct a Low-Carbon Hydrogen Manufacturing Plant [Ineos]
17/11/2021Grangemouth residents warned as Longannet demolition day is announced [Falkirk Herald]
10/08/2021Notice to Mariners No 46 of 2021 : Grangemouth Centre Container Berth Crane Rail Works [Forth Ports]
11/03/2021Port of Grangemouth to handle longest trains in Britain after major rail hub investment [Falkirk Herald]