Kincardine
Location type
StationName and dates
Kincardine (1893-1930)Opened on the Kincardine Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This was a two platform station with a loop on a single track line. It was originally a terminus of the Kincardine Branch (North British Railway), opened in 1893. Ferry Pier was to the west. The goods yard was to the north over a level crossing, on the east side of the line and approached from the south. The line continued past the station to terminate with a loop on Shipping Pier.
The original platform (later eastbound) was on the north/east side of the line. The main station building was on this platform. The second platform, the westbound, was added in 1906 when the line was extended east by the Kincardine Branch (North British Railway). For this the line was slightly re-aligned and Shipping Pier line removed. The existing signal box was replaced.
The station closed in 1930.
The station site is crossed by the Kincardine Bridge at its east end and at the west end is the approach to the yard of the former Kincardine Power Station. The line is now single track through the former station.
A loop and Kincardine Signal Box were installed to the north west in 1960 for Kincardine Power Station, which opened in 1962. 'Kincardine Station' box was a BR Type 16c.
Longannet Power Station was opened to the east in 1970-3. (Prior to this there was a rail served military depot here.)
The line to Alloa [1st] closed in 1981, but the railway remained open to serve Kincardine Power Station's yard. The railway to Alloa re-opened in 2008.
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Station terminusExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
05/07/2022
| Nearby stations Kilbagie Clackmannan and Kennet Forest Mill Clackmannan Road Bogside Fife Grangemouth Airth Culross [2nd] South Alloa Alloa Ferry Culross [1st] Alloa Thornbridge Halt Alloa [1st] East Grange | Kincardine Shipyard Kincardine Bridge Kincardine Ground Frame Kincardine Power Station Longannet West Arrival Longannet Bunkers Longannet East Arrival Longannet Mine Longannet West Departure Kilbagie Papermill Longannet East Departure Tourist/other Kincardine Pier Moor Loch Longannet MOD Airth Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 18/12/1893 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) Kincardine Junction to Kincardine opened. |
| / /1898 | Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway (North British Railway) Line authorised between Kincardine and Elbowend Junction. |
| 01/07/1906 | Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway (North British Railway) Line opened between Kincardine and Elbowbend Junction, contractor Robert McAlpine. |
| /05/1955 | Kincardine Branch (North British Railway) New lines laid into Kincardine Power Station yard site. A pair of reception loop sidings was laid north of Kincardine, which could be approached from either direction and gave access to the power stations considerable yard. Between south and north sidings were two wagon tippler filler pit sidings and three non-tippler filler pit sidings, accessed via a headshunt to the west. Both south and north groups had eight looped sidings and a broken wagon siding. |
| 26/02/2003 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Kincardine Line (North British Railway) Bill presented to the Scottish Parliament by Clackmannanshire Council for the re-opening of the line between Stirling, Alloa and Kincardine. (No bill had closed the line.) |
