Alloa Harbour
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Alloa Harbour (1851-1978)Opened on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.
Description
This was a goods yard on the short branch from Alloa Harbour Junction and was north of the short lived Alloa Ferry station.
Sidings fanned out on the north side of Castle Street. To the south sidings served the east side of the Alloa Glass Works site (also served by the Alloa Waggonway). Later, after a reorganisation of the glass works, additional sidings were laid west across Glasshouse Road into the works.
There was a link west across Glasshouse Loan and Caledonian Road to the competing Alloa Goods [CR] yard.
To the north was the division between the lines to Alloa Harbour and to Alloa Wet Dock and Alloa Goods [NBR]. On the east side of this junction was Alloa Harbour signal box, closed in 1922.
The branch closed in 1977/78.
Tags
Sidings
| Nearby stations Alloa Ferry South Alloa Alloa [1st] Alloa Throsk Sauchie Cambus Clackmannan and Kennet Clackmannan Road Alva Glenfoot Blackgrange Menstrie and Glenochil Airth Kilbagie | Alloa Goods [NBR] Alloa Goods [CR] Craigward Malthouse Alloa Glass Works Bedford Place Tunnel Bass Crest Brewery Alloa Shed [CR] Drysdale Street Tunnel Kelliebank Bottling Stores Forth Shipbuilding Yard Alloa Wet Dock Kelliebank Glass Works Alloa Harbour Junction Alloa Station Goods Tourist/other Alloa Tower |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1766 | Alloa Waggonway Opened from Alloa collieries and Alloa Glass Works bottle works to Alloa Harbour by John, Earl of Mar. Alternative date 1768. |
| 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. |
| /06/1947 | Forthbank Mine Opened to the south-east of Alloa Harbour to replace Craigrie Pit. |
| /03/1977 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Alloa Harbour branch closed. |
