| Alloa | |
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| Location | |
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| Place | Alloa |
| Local authority | Clackmannanshire |
| Coordinates | 56°07′05″N 3°47′13″W / 56.118°N 3.787°WCoordinates: 56°07′05″N 3°47′13″W / 56.118°N 3.787°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ALO |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Platforms in use | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| History | |
| Original company | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 28 August 1850 | Opened |
| 7 October 1968 | Closed |
| 15 May 2008 | Official reopening ceremony |
| 19 May 2008 | Reopened to regular passenger traffic |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
- 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.[1]
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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 River 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 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.
Route information
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Stirling | First ScotRail |
Terminus | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Cambus Line open; station closed |
North British Railway |
Clackmannan Road Line and station closed |
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| North British Railway Stirling and Dunfermline Railway |
Sauchie Line and station closed |
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| Terminus | North British Railway |
Clackmannan & Kennett Line open; station closed |
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| Throsk Platform Line and station closed |
Caledonian Railway |
Terminus | ||
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. A passenger-operated self-service ticket machine was installed in July 2008; the illustrated ticket was issued at Stirling station.
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.[2] 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.[3][4]
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References
Notes
- ^ "First passenger takes Alloa train". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7408527.stm.
- ^ Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine re-opening Web Site
- ^ An hourly service now runs between Stirling and Alloa from 7am to 11pm Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays from 11am to 11pm, taking only 12-14 minutes. A direct Alloa/Edinburgh peak hour service will be introduced in 2009. Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line to re-open in May, BBC News, 19 March 2008.
- ^ Trains back on track after 40 years, BBC News, 15 May 2008.
Sources
- Butt, R.V.J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
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