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''"Bo'ness Junction"'' redirects here Manuel Junction is a railway junction near the village of Whitecross, Falkirk, Scotland. It currently serves both as the terminus of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway (operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS)) and as the connection between the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and that railway. 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. ==History== 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.〔Jowett (1989), page 23, Map A〕 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. The low-level station was closed in 1933.〔 The upper station at Manuel survived until 1967〔 at which time the branch was cut back to Colliery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manuel Junction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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