Date: 20/01/2014

Passengers on one of Scotland^s newest railway lines face disruption for the next five years while it is shut for major repairs, The Scotsman has learned.
Week-long closures of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line start next month, when parts of the route will be largely rebuilt because of problems with the way it was constructed.
Rail industry insiders said the repairs were expected to cost up to £20 million - or nearly one quarter of the £85m original cost of the route.
Network Rail, which did not build the 13-mile line, said the first shutdown would be in the week starting on 23 February, and affect only coal trains.
A second closure, from 23 March, is expected to force passengers to switch to buses between Alloa and Stirling.

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Years of delays on Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line

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PASSENGERS on one of Scotlands newest railway lines face disruption for the next five years while it is shut for major repairs, The Scotsman has learned.

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Tracklifting at Alloa! Rails and sleepers lifted and temporarily relocated at Alloa station on 28 February 2008 while ballast is being removed. Corrective work has proved necessary following checks which showed the platform line to be too high.
Location: Alloa
Company: Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
28/02/2008 John Furnevel

Ballast tamping in operation west of Kincardine on 25 April.
Location: Kincardine
Company: Kincardine Line (North British Railway)
25/04/2007 Bill Roberton

Looking east at the new Cambus loop. Entry to the marshalling yard was to the right.
Location: Cambus
Company: Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
12/11/2006 Ewan Crawford

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