Alloa Ferry railway station

Alloa Ferry station was the terminus on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR) Alloa Harbour branch line that ran from Alloa. It opened on 3 June 1851,[1] running down the east side of Glasshouse Loan to 150 yards (140 m) short of the ferry pier. The end of the branch was described in a local newspaper as where "an extensive goods shed has been erected and a comically diminutive station house has been put up".[2]

Alloa Ferry
LocationAlloa, Clackmannanshire
Scotland
Coordinates56.1106°N 3.8004°W / 56.1106; -3.8004
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyStirling and Dunfermline Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
3 June 1851 (1851-06-03)Opened
1 July 1852 (1852-07-01)Closed

Alloa Ferry station closed on 1 July 1852 when the line from Alloa to Stirling was opened.[1] The line closed on 28 February 1968 when the goods service to the harbour was withdrawn.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Alloa
Line closed, station relocated and open
  North British Railway
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
  Terminus

References

  1. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 45.
  2. "Local Improvements". The Alloa Advertiser. 18 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 26 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 53 (ref 2399). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
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