Alloa Co-op Coal Siding
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Alloa Co-op Coal Siding (-1985)Opened on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.
Description
This coal siding led off the Alloa Station Goods's goods loops on the north side of Alloa East Junction. It was to the north east, parallel to the Tillicoultry branch.
Most sidings closed around 1973, the closure of Alloa East Junction signal box, with the exception of the coal siding for which a ground frame was installed.
The siding closed around 1985.
Tags
Siding| Nearby stations Alloa Alloa [1st] Alloa Ferry Sauchie South Alloa Clackmannan and Kennet Clackmannan Road Glenfoot Alva Cambus Throsk Tillicoultry Forest Mill Menstrie and Glenochil Kilbagie | Alloa NCB Workshops Alloa Shed Alloa Brewery Alloa East Junction Alloa Station Goods Alloa Harbour Junction Drysdale Street Tunnel Hilton Brick Works Bedford Place Tunnel Whinhill Siding Whinhill Pit Alloa Goods [NBR] Tourist/other Sauchie Colliery Signal Box Hilton Road Level Crossing Alloa Tower |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1973 | Devon Valley Railway Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Dollar Mine to Alloa Co-op Coal Siding (excluded) closed. |
| 23/06/1973 | Devon Valley Railway Dollar to Alloa Co-op Coal Siding (excluded) closed to freight on closure of Dollar Colliery No 4 and Dollar Colliery No 5. |
| 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.) |
| / /1985 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Alloa Co-op Coal Siding to Alloa West Junction (excluded) closed. Line lifted from Alloa Co-op Coal Siding to Alloa West Junction. |
