Alloa Ferry railway station

Disused railway station in Alloa, Clackmannanshire

56°06′38″N 3°48′01″W / 56.1106°N 3.8004°W / 56.1106; -3.8004Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyStirling and Dunfermline RailwayPre-groupingNorth British RailwayKey dates3 June 1851 (1851-06-03)Opened1 July 1852 (1852-07-01)Closed for passengers28 February 1968line closed
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Alloa stations 1850–1885
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1850
Right arrow S&DR to Dunfermline
 Alloa
Stirling Ferry
Alloa Ferry
 Alloa
SCR to Stirling Left arrow
Carnock Road
Alloa Junction
LowerRight arrow SCR to Larbert
 Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR)
Scottish Central Railway (SCR)
Station names are as in use in 1850
1851
Right arrow S&DR to Dunfermline
 Alloa
Alloa Ferry station
Stirling Ferry
Alloa Ferry
 Alloa
SCR to Stirling Left arrow
Carnock Road
Alloa Junction
LowerRight arrow SCR to Larbert
 Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR)
Scottish Central Railway (SCR)
Station names are as in use in 1851
1853
Right arrow S&DR to Dunfermline
 Alloa
Harbour Junction
S&DR to Stirling Left arrow
Alloa Ferry station
Alloa
SCR to Stirling Left arrow
Carnock Road
Alloa Junction
LowerRight arrow SCR to Larbert
 Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR)
Scottish Central Railway (SCR)
Station names are as in use in 1853
1885
Right arrow NBR to Dunfermline
 Alloa North
Harbour Junction
West Junction
NBR to Stirling Left arrow
NBR Goods station
Longcarse Junction
CR Goods station
Alloa Ferry station
Alloa Harbour
(
opened
1877
)
South Alloa
Dunmore Junction
CR to Stirling Left arrow
Airth
Alloa Junction
(
closed
1865
)
LowerRight arrow CR to Larbert
 North British Railway (NBR)
Caledonian Railway (CR)
Station names are as in use in 1885

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from Alloa to Stirling was opened.[1] The line closed on 28 February 1968 when the goods service to the harbour was withdrawn.[3]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

  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.