Alloa Goods [NBR]
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Alloa Goods [NBR] (1851-1978)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.Description
This goods yard was on the Alloa Harbour branch. The yard was on the north side of the Alloa Harbour Junction to Alloa Wet Dock fork of the harbour branch.
Alloa Harbour box controlled the junction between the Alloa Harbour and Alloa Wet Dock branches. It was on the east side of the junction at Glasshouse Loan. The box closed in 1922. Also known as Alloa East Goods signal box.
Many sidings, serving loading banks and a goods shed, were accessed from the east, a train from Alloa Harbour Junction reversing to enter the sidings.
There was a competing goods yard at Alloa Goods [CR] and another yard at Alloa Station Goods.
The yard closed in 1977/78 when the harbour line closed.
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Goods yard sidings
| Nearby stations Alloa Ferry Alloa [1st] Alloa South Alloa Throsk Sauchie Cambus Clackmannan and Kennet Clackmannan Road Alva Glenfoot Blackgrange Menstrie and Glenochil Kilbagie Airth | Alloa Harbour Alloa Goods [CR] Craigward Malthouse Bedford Place Tunnel Alloa Glass Works Bass Crest Brewery Drysdale Street Tunnel Alloa Harbour Junction Alloa Shed [CR] Alloa Station Goods Kelliebank Bottling Stores Alloa Wet Dock Alloa East Junction Forth Shipbuilding Yard Tourist/other Alloa Tower |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
