Manuel railway station
| Manuel | |
|---|---|
| Manuel Junction | |
| Location | |
| Place | Near Whitecross |
| Area | Falkirk (council area) |
| Coordinates | 55°58′39″N 3°39′22″W / 55.9776°N 3.6562°WCoordinates: 55°58′39″N 3°39′22″W / 55.9776°N 3.6562°W |
| Grid reference | NS966773 |
| Operations | |
| Original company |
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway / Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Operated by | Scottish Railway Preservation Society |
| Platforms | Historic - 3 (2 Upper, 1 Lower), Preservation - 1 |
| History | |
| 21 February 1842 | Bo'ness Junction (high level) opened on E&GR |
| 10 June 1856 | Manuel (low level) opened on S&BR (Monkland Railways) |
| January 1866 | High level station renamed Manuel |
| Unknown | High level station renamed Manuel High Level; Low Level station rename Manuel Low Level |
| 1 May 1933 | Manuel Low Level closed |
| 6 March 1967 | Manuel High Level closed |
| 1990 | Track restored between Birkhill and Manuel by BR |
| 9 May 2010 | Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway service extended to Manuel |
| 29 June 2013 | New-built platform opened at Manuel |
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"Bo'ness Junction" redirects here
Manuel Junction is a railway junction near the village of Whitecross, Falkirk, Scotland. It is the terminus of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway (operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS)) and forms a connection between it and the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line.
It is not to be confused with Bo'ness Junction which refers rather to the mainline junction adjacent to Manuel Junction on the Edinburgh-Glasgow line. There is no station here but services operated almost entirely by First ScotRail pass on the Edinburgh-Glasgow service and Edinburgh-Dunblane service. The area's signals are controlled by Edinburgh Signalling Centre (SC). There is a loop on the westbound side and a disused west facing siding. The siding leading to the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway and Manuel Junction is east facing on the eastbound side and is controlled by Bo'ness ground frame, which is released by Edinburgh SC.
The junction is constructed on the site of the original Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bo'ness Junction station which was first opened on 21 February 1842. The original station had two platforms on the E&G (upper) line. In 1856 a single platform was opened with the (lower) Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway line, part of the Monkland Railways and connected to the Slamannan Railway. Trains going from Bo'ness to the E&GR (westbound) used a steeply graded curve which the modern trackbed shares which rose from the north-facing Bo'ness Low Junction up to the west-facing Bo'ness High Junction. To the west of the Bo'ness High Junction was the east-facing Coatbridge Line Junction which allowed trains from the Linlithgow direction to head southbound on the Monkland Railways.
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