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Alloa
Location
Place	Alloa
Local authority	Clackmannanshire
Operations
Station code	ALO
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
History
Original company	Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
28 August 1850	Opened
7 October 1968	Closed
15 May 2008	Official reopening ceremony
19 May 2008	Reopened to regular passenger traffic
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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]

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 then closed by the British Transport Commission.

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

Ticket issued on the first day of use by the general public.

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.^[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]

Opening day gallery

The line running towards Clackmannan.

Alloa Station building and train.

A view of the station building infrastructure.

Alloa station facing towards Stirling.

References

Notes

1. ^ "First passenger takes Alloa train".
2. ^ Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine re-opening Web Site
3. ^ Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line to re-open in May, BBC News, 19 March 2008.
4. ^ 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 Edition, 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

• RAILSCOT on Stirling and Dunfermline Railway

Route information

Coordinates: 56°07′05″N 3°47′13″W / 56.118, -3.787