Alloa Harbour Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Alloa Harbour Junction (1852-1978)Opened on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.
Description
This double track junction was to the west of Alloa [1st] station on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway. Access to the harbour branch was from the east.
The signal box, 'Alloa Central' was in the 'V' of the junction, in line with the main line. This box opened in 1888 (dating from the arrival of the Caledonian Railway and reconstruction of Alloa [1st]) and closed in 1964 when it was replaced with a ground frame controlled from Alloa East Junction box (not far away at the east end of Alloa [1st] station). The junction was turned into a single lead junction, the branch doubling just to the south west.
The branch continued in use until 1978.
The line to the harbour was the older route - it had opened in 1851, extending the line from Alloa [1st] (opened in 1850 from Dunfermline [2nd]) to Alloa Ferry, a temporary station at the harbour. With the extension west to Stirling of the main route in 1852 the branch closed to passengers.
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Junction
| Nearby stations Alloa [1st] Alloa Alloa Ferry South Alloa Sauchie Throsk Cambus Clackmannan and Kennet Clackmannan Road Alva Glenfoot Menstrie and Glenochil Blackgrange Tillicoultry Forest Mill | Alloa Station Goods Alloa East Junction Drysdale Street Tunnel Alloa Brewery Alloa Shed Bedford Place Tunnel Alloa Goods [NBR] Craigward Malthouse Alloa Goods [CR] Bass Crest Brewery Alloa Harbour Alloa Co-op Coal Siding Alloa West Junction Tourist/other Alloa West Level Crossing Alloa Tower |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
