Stirling and Dunfermline Railway

The Stirling and Dunfermline Railway was a railway in Clackmannanshire and Fife, Scotland connecting the stations in Stirling and Dunfermline. It had a branch line from Alloa to Tillicoultry.

Opening

It was opened progressively between 1850 and 1853 by the North British Railway.

Closure

Passenger services were withdrawn in the late 1960s with freight services continuing until the 1970s although the line to the west of Alloa remained in situ.

Re-opening

Under Scottish Executive funding and to relieve congestion on the Forth Railway Bridge the line between Stirling and Alloa is being reopened to passenger traffic. [ [http://www.sakrailway.co.uk/launch.htm Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine re-opening Web Site] ] Construction work started in 2005, with tracklaying commencing at the end of September 2006.

The line re-opened to freight traffic between Stirling and Alloa in April 2008. The line will reopen to passenger traffic on 19 May 2008 with pre-opening charters on 15 May 2008. This is happening under the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link.

Connections to other railways

*Scottish Central Railway at Stirling
*Alva Railway at Cambus
*Kincardine Line at Kincardine Junction between Alloa and Clackmannan (North)
*Alloa Railway at Alloa
*Alloa Waggonway in the Alloa area
*Sauchie Waoggonway between Alloa and Clackmannan
*Charlestown Railway between Oakley and Dunfermline
*Dunfermline Branch of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway at Dunfermline (Upper)

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