Date: 11/02/2016

Proposals to open the Alloa to Fife rail line to passengers has been given fresh hope after the Scottish Parliament referred a public petition to the Longannet Task Force for consideration.
The closure of the power station, due to take place in March, may well have a devastating financial effect on Clackmannanshire and the surrounding areas.
However, plans were put forth that could arguably soften the blow and open up new economic opportunities using the existing rail infrastructure.
Passenger services currently terminate at Alloa, while the line itself runs past Longannet, through the West Fife villages and on to Dunfermline.
A public petition, submitted by Martin Keatings, has called for the service to be extended to allow trains to take passengers from Alloa through the Fife circle, without the need to head into Edinburgh first.

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Coal empties from Longannet power station on their way back to Hunterston shortly after noon on 9 May 2012 behind EWS liveried 66015. The train is running parallel with the A907 road on the eastern approach to Alloa. The track on the left is part of Alloa East loop.
Location: Alloa Loop
Company: Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
09/05/2012 John Furnevel

66107 passes Cairneyhill with a Ladybank - Millerhill engineers train on 19 January. Note the housing now occupying the old goods yard.
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Company: Kincardine Line (North British Railway)
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DMU having just passed the site of Torryburn station on its way to Culross on 21 June 1992 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the town.
Location: Torryburn
Company: Kincardine Line (North British Railway)
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