Alloa Co-op Coal Siding

Location type

Place

Name 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

Chronology Dates

  /  /1973Devon Valley Railway
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Dollar Mine to Alloa Co-op Coal Siding (excluded) closed.
23/06/1973Devon 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.
06/10/1979Stirling 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.)
  /  /1985Stirling 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.