Port of Menteith railway station served the village of

Port of Menteith, Stirling Port of Menteith ( gd, Port Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig) is a village and civil parish in the Stirling district of Scotland, the only significant settlement on the Lake of Menteith. It was established as a burgh of barony, then named simply Port ( gd ...

, Scotland, from 1856 by 1934 on the

Forth and Clyde Junction Railway The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway was a railway line in Scotland which ran from Stirling to Balloch. It was built with the expectation of conveying coal from the Fife coalfields to a quay at Bowling on the Clyde for onward transport, but th ...

History

The station was opened as Cardross on 26 May 1856 by the

. Its name was changed to Port of Monteith on 1 May 1858 to avoid confusion with the station of the same name. The station building was at the east end of the westbound platform. To the south was the goods yard and at the east end of the station was the signal box, which opened in 1893. The station's name changed again to Port of Menteith in June 1880. It closed on 1 October 1934.

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Disused railway stations in Stirlingshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1934 1856 establishments in Scotland 1934 disestablishments in Scotland {{Scotland-railstation-stub