Alloa railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Alloa


other_name=
code = ALO


caption =
original = Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
pregroup = North British Railway
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Alloa
borough = Clackmannanshire
platforms = 1
usage0405 =
usage0506 =
years = 28 August 1850
events = Opened
years1 = 7 October 1968
events1 = Closed
years2 = 15 May 2008
events2 = Official reopening ceremony
years3 = 19 May 2008
events3 = Reopened to regular passenger traffic:"This article refers to the former North British Railway station, and its British Railways successor. For the former Alloa Railway station see Alloa (Alloa Railway) railway station".

Alloa railway station is a railway station in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, which was re-opened on Monday, 19 May 2008. [cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7408527.stm | title = First passenger takes Alloa train ]

History

The original Alloa station was opened by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway on 28 August 1850 when the line was opened. Passengers to Stirling were transported via ferry along the Forth to Stirling. This situation continued until the line to Stirling was opened on 1 July 1852. However the terminus was to the north of the Forth. On the 1 July 1853 the bridge across the Forth was opened and the line extended to the Scottish Central Railway station.

As the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway was part of the North British Railway, the station was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1968.

Closure

During the mid 1960s the lines in West Fife around Alloa were progressively closed. Cambus and Alloa both closed on 7 October 1968. Freight services continued until 1970.

Following the full closure of Alloa station, a leisure centre was built on the site.

Re-siting

In 2008, the railway reopened, with a new Alloa station situated to the east of its predecessor, due to the earlier construction of the leisure centre.

Under Scottish Executive funding, the line between Stirling and Alloa was reopened to both passenger and freight traffic, with a key benefit being a reduction in congestion on the Forth Railway Bridge. [ [http://www.sakrailway.co.uk/launch.htm Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine re-opening Web Site] ] Construction work started in 2005, with track laying commencing at the end of September 2006. It was originally projected that the station would reopen to passenger traffic in the Summer of 2007, but this date was then put back to allow for the upgrading of a level crossing.

The official opening took place on Thursday, 15 May 2008. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7300908.stm Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line to re-open in May] , "BBC News", 19 March 2008.] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7399006.stm Trains back on track after 40 years] , "BBC News", 15 May 2008.]

Opening day gallery

References

Notes

Sources

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* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Stirling_and_Dunfermline_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Stirling and Dunfermline Railway]

Route information

rail line
previous=Stirling
next=
route=First ScotRail

"'Croy Line
col=FF80C0rail line one to two
previous=Cambus
"Line open; station closed
next1=Clackmannan Road
"Line and station closed
route1=North British Railway

"'Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
next2=Sauchie
"Line and station closed
route2=North British Railway

"'Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Tillicoutry Branch
col=8f691erail line
previous=
next=Clackmannan & Kennett
"Line open; station closed
route=North British Railway

"'Kincardine Line
col=8f691erail line
previous=Throsk Platform
"Line and station closed
next=
route=Caledonian Railway

"'Alloa Railway
col=Caledonian colour
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