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A renewed call has been made for an update on the vacant site at the former Longannet Power Station.
(Permalink) Longannet Power Station Scottish Power Talgo  Longannet Power Station: View over the site of Longannet Power Station, now demolished. The power station was to the left by the pier and the rail served coal yard to the right. The triangle of departure lines is in this view ...  Kincardine: 66169 with empty HAAs from Thornton Yard to the site of Kincardine PS where they were loaded with coal and then tripped back to Longannet PS. The view looks east from the Kincardine Bridge in 2003.  Culross [2nd]: EWS 66088 leaving Longannet power station on 31 October 2006 and heading east with coal empties returning to Hunterston via Halbeath sidings and the Forth Bridge. |
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A Fife councillor says the company is failing to engage with the community as speculation mounts over the site's future.
(Permalink) Hydrogen Longannet Power Station Scottish Power Talgo |
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The new Forth Green Freeport can help to unlock the economic potential of the former Longannet Power Station site.
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An old road that was used for transporting coal between the former opencast mine at St Ninians and Longannet Power Station has been uncovered.
(Permalink) Kelty Disposal Point Longannet Power Station St Ninians Opencast |
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Spanish train builder Talgo has still to reveal its plans for the former coal-fired power station site.
(Permalink) Longannet Power Station Talgo  Longannet West Arrival: DBS 66037 skirts the Forth with empties with the doomed power station in the background.
During the final three weeks of March trains may run daily, although timetabling is not be reliable.  Longannet East Arrival: A coal train arrives at Longannet Power station. The coal stockyard can be seen over to the left.  Longannet Power Station: Coal - swallower extraordinaire. Longannet power station looking south towards the Forth in June 2005. Longannet consumes approximately 10,000 tonnes of coal per day, mainly delivered by rail from Hun ... |
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Talgo have said their £40 million investment in a train manufacturing plant at Longannet remains on track despite missing out on another HS2 order.
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Plans to create 1,000 jobs and a 40m train factory in Fife have been derailed after the firm behind the project failed to win HS2 contracts. Talgo UK managing director Jon Veitch said the Government announcement was disappointing. But he said the Longannet facility remains a significant part of the firms future plans.
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The Fife site produced Scotland's last coal-fired energy until it ceased operation in 2016.
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Images show the moment the chimney stack at Longannet Power Station in Fife was demolished.
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The final remnant of Scotland's last coal fired power station will be razed when Longannet's chimney is blown to the ground. ScottishPower will demolish the 600ft stack, which has dominated the Forth skyline for decades, on Thursday morning.
(Permalink) Longannet Power Station Longannet West Arrival: DBS 66037 skirts the Forth with empties with the doomed power station in the background.
During the final three weeks of March trains may run daily, although timetabling is not be reliable. Longannet Power Station: Coal - swallower extraordinaire. Longannet power station looking south towards the Forth in June 2005. Longannet consumes approximately 10,000 tonnes of coal per day, mainly delivered by rail from Hun ... |
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The long-awaited demolition of the remains of Longannet power station is scheduled to take place in a matter of days.
(Permalink) Longannet Power Station  Culross [2nd]: Colas Rail 66847 nears Culross with a route learning trip from Stirling to Townhill on 25 June, with Longannet Power Station in the background. There has been speculation that the Linkswood aviation f ... Longannet Power Station: Coal - swallower extraordinaire. Longannet power station looking south towards the Forth in June 2005. Longannet consumes approximately 10,000 tonnes of coal per day, mainly delivered by rail from Hun ... |
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Talgo missed out on a contract to supply rolling stock for HS2 but it won't derail their plans for the old power station site at Longannet.
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The effects of a controlled explosion at Longannet Power Station were felt across parts of Fife and Falkirk district.
(Permalink) Longannet Power Station Longannet Power Station: Coal - swallower extraordinaire. Longannet power station looking south towards the Forth in June 2005. Longannet consumes approximately 10,000 tonnes of coal per day, mainly delivered by rail from Hun ... |
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The scheduled demolition of the former Longannet Power Station is just days away and residents can expect higher than normal noise levels and rising dust.
(Permalink) Demolition Longannet Power Station Longannet Power Station: Coal - swallower extraordinaire. Longannet power station looking south towards the Forth in June 2005. Longannet consumes approximately 10,000 tonnes of coal per day, mainly delivered by rail from Hun ... |
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The scheduled demolition of the former Longannet Power Station is imminent and residents have been warned to expect higher than normal noise levels and rising dust.
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Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line requires a major programme of renewal work - just five years after it opened at a cost of £85m.
Network Rail say some sections of the 13-mile track require work to cope with coal train traffic. Although the cost of the upgrade has yet to be determined, some sources say the final bill could be as much as £17m. Work on the line started in 2005 and it was opened in 2008, allowing passengers to travel by train between Stirling and Alloa for the first time in 40 years and coal trains to journey between Hunterston and Longannet Power Station, at Kincardine. (Permalink) Alloa Kincardine Longannet Power Station Network Rail Stirling  Alloa West Junction: 170 477 with the 1041 service to Glasgow Queen Street on 19 November passing Alloa Cricket Club with Dumyat Hill dominating the background.  Alloa: A train from Glasgow via Stirling arrives at Alloa station on 19 May 2008, the first day of public service on the recently reopened line.  Kincardine: EWS 66083 passes below Kincardine Bridge on 5 April 2008, hauling the first coal train from Hunterston Import Terminal to use the newly reopened line between Stirling and Longannet power station. In t ... |
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