Heritage railway stations · Scottish Highlands
Alloa railway station
Alloa railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Alloa railway station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Alloa railway station is a railway station in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The station was first opened in 1850 and operated until 1968. The original station building from 1850 was replaced by a new structure in 1887, which was demolished following the closure and removal of the railway lines in 1968. The Scottish Executive funded the construction of a new railway line between Stirling and Alloa in the early 2000s, and the station was reopened on May 19, 2008.
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Background
History
The original Alloa station was opened by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR) on 28 August 1850 when the line from Oaklay to Alloa was opened. In 1850 the main station building was to the west of Greenfield Bridge and south of the rails, it consisted of a ticket office leading onto a platform and an island platform with a "passenger shed" on the north of the running lines, both "arranged as to accommodate parties intending to travel on either the main line or the Tillicoultry branch". There was a goods yard, with a large shed, to the north and sidings both sides, on the east of Greenfield Bridge was a two-road engine shed and turntable. Passengers for Stirling were able to continue…
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- Coordinates
- 56.1179, -3.7883
- Address
- Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index }}</ref>
Sources
- wikidata: Q1956124 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Alloa railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Alloa railway station?
- Alloa railway station is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1179°, -3.7883°.
- Who owns Alloa railway station?
- Alloa railway station is owned by ScotRail.