South Alloa railway station

The station was opened on 2 September 1850 as Alloa by the Scottish Central Railway (SCR) as the northern terminus of a branch from their to Stirling main line. The branch ran from and was known as the Alloa Branch, in the opening notification in the newspaper, or South Alloa Branch, on the OS map. The station was about 200 yds south of the ferry pier where ferries ran across the Forth to Alloa pier, a short distance from station. In 1860 the station consisted of a small building with one platform on a run-around loop, there were several sidings and a goods shed, close by to the west was a connection to some coke ovens. At the time of opening the station the SCR took over the running of the…