Longannet Power Station Loop (British Railways)
Introduction
This loop of lines, on the north side of the single track railway at Longannet between Kincardine Junction and Elbowend Junction [2nd] was used to deliver coal to the now closed Longannet Power Station.
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Power Station
Longannet Power Station was to the east of the loop of lines used to deliver coal.
This was a 2,400 megawatt coal fired power station, capable of using other fuels.
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John Furnevel 13/06/2005
Longannet Loop
This loop could be approached from either the east or west and departures could be either east or west.
This junction allowed trains from the west (Alloa and Kincardine Junction direction) to enter the loops which served Longannet Power Station's Longannet Bunkers. Control was from Longannet Signal Box located at Longannet East Departure. The junction was location on a sea wall alongside the Firth of Forth.
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See also
Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway (North British Railway)
John Furnevel 30/05/2008
Bill Roberton 16/11/2009
Bill Roberton 15/05/1994
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Bill Roberton 14/03/2016
Longannet siding was a loop and sidings at Longannet Point. It was later the site of the eastern arrival for the bunkers for Longannet Power Station.
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Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway (North British Railway)
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The unloading point for Longannet Power Station was rail served, trains approaching from the west. In order to facilitate this the loop lines which served the location met the Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway (North British Railway) with a triangular junction at either end.
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Ewan Crawford 12/09/2023
Bill Roberton //1992
Longannet Mine
Coal was also provided locally, via the complex of underground connected mines which was brought up at Longannet. The mine was not railway served.
This mine was part of a unit consisting of Bogside Colliery (1959 - 1985), Castlehill Mine (1965 - 1990), Solsgirth Colliery (1965 - 1990) and (later) Castlebridge Colliery (1979 - 2002). Coal mined at those locations was brought to the surface here by means of a long underground conveyor. Overground the conveyor continued to Longannet Power Station which was supplemented by ...
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