Alloa
Location type
StationName and dates
Alloa (2008-)Station code: ALO National Rail ScotRail
Where: Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Opened on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.
Open on the Stirling, Alloa and Kincardine.
Description
This is a single platform station opened in 2008 to the east of the original Alloa [1st] station. It is a terminus being on a siding served from the west, the direction of Stirling.
The station has a modern on-platform station building and car park to the south. The station is built on the northern part of the Alloa Brewery site, known for the Alloa Brewery Siding.
The railway to Alloa was electrified in 2018.
Tags
Station terminusFacilities
Gaelic name: Alamhagh
| Nearby stations Alloa [1st] Alloa Ferry South Alloa Sauchie Clackmannan and Kennet Clackmannan Road Throsk Cambus Alva Glenfoot Tillicoultry Forest Mill Menstrie and Glenochil Kilbagie Blackgrange | Alloa Brewery Alloa Shed Alloa East Junction Drysdale Street Tunnel Alloa Station Goods Alloa Co-op Coal Siding Alloa Harbour Junction Bedford Place Tunnel Alloa NCB Workshops Alloa Goods [NBR] Craigward Malthouse Alloa Goods [CR] Alloa Harbour Tourist/other Alloa Tower Hilton Road Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Waggonway BridgeThe bridge immediately west of the station, now a footpath, once carried the Alloa Waggonway. |
Chronology Dates
| 28/08/1850 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Forth Iron Works Railway Opened from Oakley to Alloa. Opened from Dunfermline to Alloa for passengers. A branch to Alloa Harbour station from Alloa was used for passengers travelling on to Stirling by boats along the River Forth. |
| 01/07/1852 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Opened from Alloa to Stirling. Stirling Forth Viaduct [SandD] at Stirling opened alongside the Scottish Central Railway's bridge, to run south to Stirling East station. |
| 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. |
| / /1854 | Sauchie Waggonway Closed, due to Stirling and Dunfermline Railway's branch from Alloa to Tillicoultry being opened. |
| 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. |
| / /1883 | Alloa Railway The North British Railway withdraws its proposed Larbert and Cambus Line. It is granted running powers over the Alloa Railway in exchange for Caledonian Railway running powers to Alloa from Longcarse Junction (not Alloa West Junction?). |
| 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. |
| 12/10/1904 | Alloa Railway Alloa Bridge is badly damaged after being struck by the schooner 'Stirling' resulting in the fall of a span. The Caledonian Railway is allowed to reroute its trains to Alloa via Stirling. North British Railway trains also diverted. |
| 01/06/1905 | Alloa Railway Alloa Bridge repairs complete and Caledonian Railway trains to Alloa return to their usual route. |
| 29/01/1968 | Alloa RailwaySouth Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Alloa (Alloa West Junction) to Larbert (Alloa Junction) closed to passengers. Railbuses cease crossing the Alloa Bridge. |
| 06/10/1979 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Kincardine Junction (excluded) to Bogside (excluded) closed. Signalling and connections removed at the former Alloa station. Lines from Alloa Co-op Coal Siding and Kincardine Junction run as two parallel single tracks from Alloa to Alloa West Junction. (Other sources suggest 06/1979 and 07/1979.) |
| 26/02/2003 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Kincardine Line (North British Railway) Bill presented to the Scottish Parliament by Clackmannanshire Council for the re-opening of the line between Stirling, Alloa and Kincardine. (No bill had closed the line.) |
| /12/2007 | Scottish Central Railway Introduction of coloured light signalling at Stirling resulting in a mixture with semaphore signalling still in use on the Alloa route. |
| 02/04/2008 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway First driver training service arrives at the new and not yet opened Alloa station. |
| 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. |
News items
Books
 The Railways of Stirling |
