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Alloa Ferry railway station

Coordinates: 56°06′38″N 3°48′01″W / 56.1106°N 3.8004°W / 56.1106; -3.8004
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Alloa Ferry
General information
LocationAlloa, Clackmannanshire
Scotland
Coordinates56°06′38″N 3°48′01″W / 56.1106°N 3.8004°W / 56.1106; -3.8004
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyStirling and Dunfermline Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Key dates
3 June 1851 (1851-06-03)Opened
1 July 1852 (1852-07-01)Closed for passengers
28 February 1968line closed

Alloa Ferry station was the terminus on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR) Alloa Harbour branch line that ran from Alloa. It opened on 3 June 1851,[1] running down the east side of Glasshouse Loan to 150 yards (140 m) short of the ferry pier. The end of the branch was described in a local newspaper as where "an extensive goods shed has been erected and a comically diminutive station house has been put up".[2]

Alloa Ferry station closed on 1 July 1852 when the line from Alloa to Stirling was opened.[1] The line closed on 28 February 1968 when the goods service to the harbour was withdrawn.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Alloa
Line closed, station relocated and open
  North British Railway
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
  Terminus

References

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  1. ^ a b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Local Improvements". The Alloa Advertiser. 18 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 26 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 53 (ref 2399). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.