Kincardine Branch (North British Railway)
Introduction
At the former Kincardine Powerstation Yard is a short branch with a loop which was used for loading coal onto trains for the short journey to Longannet Power Station, until the power station's closure.
Dates
| 18/12/1893 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) Kincardine Junction to Kincardine opened. |
| 17/09/1894 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) Kilbagie station opened. |
| 07/07/1930 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway (North British Railway) West of Fife Railway and Harbour Alloa [1st] (Kincardine Junction) to Dunfermline Lower via Culross closed to passengers. |
| /05/1955 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) New lines laid into Kincardine Power Station yard site. A pair of reception loop sidings was laid north of Kincardine, which could be approached from either direction and gave access to the power stations considerable yard. Between south and north sidings were two wagon tippler filler pit sidings and three non-tippler filler pit sidings, accessed via a headshunt to the west. Both south and north groups had eight looped sidings and a broken wagon siding. |
| 15/05/1997 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) Coal loading at Kincardine Power Station's yard for Longannet Power Station begins. Coal was brought in by road to Kincardine until at least 2000. |
| 23/06/1998 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) Derailment at Kincardine Power Station. |
| / /2006 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) Kincardine Power Station Loop laid in Kincardine Power Station in connection with line re-instatement. |
| 19/05/2008 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) The railway between Stirling and Alloa re-opens to passengers. The line between Stirling and Longannet Power Station via Alloa re-opens to freight providing an alternative route to the Forth Bridge. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
At this junction the Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) met the older Stirling and Dunfermline Railway. The branch was to become a loop when extended to Elbowend Junction. The junction was double track with the branch singling just beyond the junction. The signal box was in the 'V' of the junction. The junction was north of Kincardine itself.
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See also
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Ewan Crawford 12/11/2006
Mark Poustie 23/09/2006
Ewan Crawford 12/11/2006
John Furnevel 22/12/2006
This was a single platform station close to, and to the east of, Clackmannan. The platform was on the south side of the line. There was a small goods yard at the east end, south side of the line, accessed from the east.
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Mark Dufton 18/06/2011
Ewan Crawford 12/11/2006
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Bill Roberton 13/07/2011
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More detailsThis was a single platform station on the Kincardine Branch (North British Railway). The platform was on the east side of the line with a station building and later a station cottage.
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Bill Roberton 31/01/2011
Bill Roberton 12/03/2017
Bill Roberton //2005
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Bill Roberton 08/04/2022
This signal box opened on the east side of the line at the point where the siding into Kincardine Power Station's yard struck off to the north west. A loop was installed on the line between the box and the former Kincardine station, to the south.
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See also
Kincardine Power Station (British Railways)
Bill Roberton 08/11/2006
This was a two platform station with a loop on a single track line. It was originally a terminus of the Kincardine Branch (North British Railway), opened in 1893. Ferry Pier was to the west. The goods yard was to the north over a level crossing, on the east side of the line and approached from the south. The line continued past the station to terminate with a loop on Shipping Pier.
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John Furnevel 27/03/2008
John Furnevel 08/09/2008
John Clark 04/12/2003
Bill Roberton //2007
