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Location notes
Bo'ness station - Home of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway and the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS). On site is the station, behind which is the main yard - depot for the railway and the Scottish Railway Exhibition.
Railway type and traffic
Preserved railway, with a strong bias towards small diesels, and also a good few static exhibits, both in the exhibition, and round the general area, including the only preserved class 303. Check the online timetables before you go, to ensure trains will be running. There are also several Gala days throughout the year.
See the Scottish Railway Preservation Society website for more info.
See the Scottish Railway Preservation Society website for more info.
Environment
Basher friendly, obviously. Bo'ness station is located on the shorefront in Bo'ness, on the river Forth. No point venturing out at night, as there are no trains running!
Road directions
From the M9 (Junction 3) take the A904 into Bo’ness, The road ends at a t junction, turn left onto Bridgeness Road and the station is on your left.
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Bo'ness station map co-ordinates
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Bo'ness station map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a good-sized car park at the station.
Public transport
By rail:
the nearest NR station is Linlithgow, and a free bus operates to Bo'ness on Gala days. Timings are published on the website). Otherwise, there are several FirstEdinburgh busses you can take.
By bus:
FirstEdinburgh serves the town, and there are direct busses from Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as several other surrounding towns in the area.
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the nearest NR station is Linlithgow, and a free bus operates to Bo'ness on Gala days. Timings are published on the website). Otherwise, there are several FirstEdinburgh busses you can take.
By bus:
FirstEdinburgh serves the town, and there are direct busses from Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as several other surrounding towns in the area.
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Amenities
There is a coffee shop at the station, which serves snacks and meals, and also a Tesco near the car park entrance.
Accommodation
Plenty in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and probably some in Bo'ness too.
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Bo'ness station
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Bo'ness station
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Photographic notes
The platform is the obvious place for photographs, both on the main track, and the bay, which is used for static exhibits.
From the West end of the platform, you are opposite the signal box, and you can see down the line to Birkhill, and back into the station and yard behind it. From the East end, which is darker as you are near the buildings, you can see a little more of the yard if you look north, and also westwards through the station. The footbridge will give you a view of the entire area, and you can get some nice angles from both the north and south, at the bottom of the steps on either side of the line. You can also get close to the line behind the south steps of the bridge, for good shots of trains pulling away and passing. From the car park, you can get some nice shots of the exhibit in the bay platform, looking both east and west.
From the West end of the platform, you are opposite the signal box, and you can see down the line to Birkhill, and back into the station and yard behind it. From the East end, which is darker as you are near the buildings, you can see a little more of the yard if you look north, and also westwards through the station. The footbridge will give you a view of the entire area, and you can get some nice angles from both the north and south, at the bottom of the steps on either side of the line. You can also get close to the line behind the south steps of the bridge, for good shots of trains pulling away and passing. From the car park, you can get some nice shots of the exhibit in the bay platform, looking both east and west.
General views - All photographs © Mark Henderson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Taken from the footbridge, a general view of the station and yard. Bay platform to the right, station buildings straight ahead, and yard to the left.
Fig 2 - Looking east
The bay platform from the bottom of the southern footbridge steps.
Fig 3 - Looking west
The station from behind the footbridge.
Fig 4 - Looking north west
You can see the footbridge on the left. A good spot to catch locos running to and from the yard. Also as they run round their trains at the western end of the platform.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
