South Alloa railway station

History

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Disused railway station in South Alloa, Falkirk

56°06′21″N 3°48′18″W / 56.1057°N 3.8050°W / 56.1057; -3.8050Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyScottish Central RailwayPre-groupingCaledonian RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates2 September 1850 (1850-09-02)Opened as Alloa1854Renamed as South Alloa1 October 1885Closed to passengers1 September 1950 (1950-09-01)Closed completely

Alloa stations 1850–1885

Legend

1850

		S&DR to Dunfermline
	Alloa



Stirling Ferry	Alloa Ferry
	Alloa

SCR to Stirling	Carnock Road

	Alloa Junction
		SCR to Larbert

1851

		S&DR to Dunfermline
	Alloa



Alloa Ferry station
Stirling Ferry	Alloa Ferry
	Alloa

SCR to Stirling	Carnock Road

	Alloa Junction
		SCR to Larbert

1853

		S&DR to Dunfermline
	Alloa
	Harbour Junction

S&DR to Stirling
Alloa Ferry station

	Alloa

SCR to Stirling	Carnock Road

	Alloa Junction
		SCR to Larbert

1885

NBR to Dunfermline

Alloa North

Harbour Junction

West Junction

NBR to Stirling

NBR Goods station

Longcarse Junction

CR Goods station

Alloa Ferry station

Alloa Harbour

(

opened

1877

)

Alloa Swing Bridge

South Alloa

Dunmore Junction

CR to Stirling

Airth

Alloa Junction

(

closed

1865

)

CR to Larbert

South Alloa railway station, located south of the River Forth, served the village of South Alloa, Scotland and the town of Alloa via a ferry link from 1850 to 1885.

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 Larbert to Stirling main line.^[1] The branch ran from Alloa Junction and was known as the Alloa Branch, in the opening notification in the newspaper, or South Alloa Branch, on the OS map.^[2]^[3]

The station was about 200 yards (180 m) south of the ferry pier where ferries ran across the Forth to Alloa pier, a short distance from Alloa Ferry 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.^[4]

At the time of opening the station the SCR took over the running of the ferry and it was reported to be a great benefit until the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway's Alloa to Stirling line opened in 1852.^[5]

The station's name was changed to South Alloa in 1854 to avoid confusion with the North British Railway station. It closed to passengers on 1 October 1885 when the Alloa Swing Bridge opened on a direct route to Alloa.^[1]^[6]

By 1895 there were a lot of sidings to the west of the station servicing a timber depot.^[3] The line closed to goods on 1 September 1950.^[7]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Airth Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Scottish Central Railway		Terminus

Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR)

Scottish Central Railway (SCR)

Station names are as in use in 1850

^ ^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.
^ "Scottish Central Railway". Alloa Advertiser. 7 September 1850. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "South Alloa on 25 inch map Stirlingshire XVIII.7 (Airth; Alloa; Clackmannan)". National Library of Scotland. 1895. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ "South Alloa on 25 inch map Stirlingshire XVIII.7 (Airth)". National Library of Scotland. 1862. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ "Scottish Central Railway". Stirling Observer. 27 September 1855. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Thomas, John; Turnock, David (1989). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 15 The North of Scotland (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 311–312. ISBN 0-946537-03-8.
^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 5 (ref 0151). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.