Alloa Ferry railway station

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
Location	Alloa, Clackmannanshire Scotland
Coordinates	56.1106°N 3.8004°W
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
3 June 1851	Opened
1 July 1852	Closed

Alloa stations 1850–1885
1850
S&DR to Dunfermline Alloa Stirling Ferry Alloa Ferry Alloa Carnock Road SCR to Stirling Alloa Junction SCR to Larbert Scottish Central Railway (SCR) Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR) Station names are as in use in 1850
1851
S&DR to Dunfermline Alloa Alloa Ferry station Stirling Ferry Alloa Ferry Alloa Carnock Road SCR to Stirling Alloa Junction SCR to Larbert Scottish Central Railway (SCR) Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR) Station names are as in use in 1851
1853
S&DR to Dunfermline Alloa Harbour Junction S&DR to Stirling Alloa Ferry station (Closed) Alloa Carnock Road SCR to Stirling Alloa Junction SCR to Larbert Scottish Central Railway (SCR) Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR) Station names are as in use in 1853
1885
NBR to Dunfermline Alloa North Harbour Junction West Junction NBR to Stirling NBR Goods station Longcarse Junction CR Goods station Alloa Ferry station (Closed) Alloa Harbour (opened 1877) Alloa Swing Bridge South Alloa Dunmore Junction Airth CR to Stirling Alloa Junction (closed 1865) CR to Larbert Caledonian Railway (CR) North British Railway (NBR) Station names are as in use in 1885

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from Alloa to Stirling was opened.[1] The line closed on 28 February 1968 when the goods service to the harbour was withdrawn.[3]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. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 45.
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.