Throsk
Location type
StationName and dates
Throsk (1890-1966)Opened on the Alloa Railway.
Description
Throsk was a two platform minimal station to the south of Alloa Bridge. It opened in 1890, shortly after the railway opened in 1885. Platforms were in brick and there was minimal shelters on each.
The trackbed remains intact but the platforms are gone.
To the north of the station the line singled on the approach to Alloa Bridge. Throsk signal box, opened with the line, controlled the approach and also the branch to RNAD Bandeath which ran off to the west. The later kept the line open until 1978, some years after the closure of the station in 1966, bridge in 1968 and box in 1970.
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StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
12/08/2019
| Nearby stations South Alloa Alloa Ferry Alloa [1st] Cambus Alloa Plean Airth Bannockburn Blackgrange Alloa Junction Manor Powis Clackmannan and Kennet Sauchie Menstrie and Glenochil Clackmannan Road | Alloa Bridge Dunmore Junction Colliery Eglinton Bottling Stores Longcarse Junction Iron Foundry Kelliebank Glass Works Forth Shipbuilding Yard Weirs Pumps Kelliebank Bottling Stores Alloa Shed [CR] Alloa Glass Works Bass Crest Brewery Tourist/other Forth Bridge Signal Box RNAD Bandeath |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 06/05/1968 | Alloa Railway Longcarse Junction (excluded) to Throsk (excluded) closed to freight. |
| / /1978 | RNAD Bandeath Military base by Throsk closed. It was served by the Alloa Railway. The works had an internal railway system. It is now an industrial estate. |
| 01/04/1978 | Alloa RailwaySouth Alloa Branch (Scottish Central Railway) Throsk to Dunmore Junction to Alloa Junction closed to freight. |
