RAILSCOT | South Alloa

South Alloa

Dates

/ /1846	South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Line authorised.
/ /1850	South Alloa Harbour opened for pit props imported from Scandinavia.
02/09/1850	South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Alloa Junction to South Alloa opened to goods and minerals.
01/07/1853	South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Alloa Junction to South Alloa opened to passengers. Ferry used to cross the River Forth to Alloa.
/ /1859	South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) The Act of 1846 is repealed.
/ /1873	South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Authorisation to build a dock at South Alloa granted. Although not built wharves handling timber import were built.
11/08/1879	Alloa Railway Authorised to build a line from the South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway), a swing bridge, Alloa Bridge, over the River Forth and line into Alloa.
27/04/1883	North British Railway Alloa Railway South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) North British Railway given running powers over the Alloa Railway and South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) from Alloa to Greenhill Junction but must guarantee a minimum of traffic worth £3000 annually.
/ /1884	South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Permission granted to double the branch from Alloa Junction to Dunmore Junction.
01/10/1885	Alloa Railway South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Line from Dunmore Junction to Alloa West Junction and swing bridge, Alloa Bridge opened. Caledonian Railway trains start to use Alloa [1st] station. Dunmore Junction to South Alloa closed to passengers. Alloa Goods [CR] opened.
13/07/1886	South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Alloa Junction to Dunmore Junction doubling completed.
/ /1958	Airth Colliery The National Coal Board starts sinking a new mine by Airth station on the South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway).
29/01/1968	Alloa Railway South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Alloa (Alloa West Junction) to Larbert (Alloa Junction) closed to passengers. Railbuses cease crossing the Alloa Bridge.
01/04/1978	Alloa Railway South Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Throsk to Dunmore Junction to Alloa Junction closed to freight.