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Kincardine Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kincardine Line

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kincardine Line
(North British Railway)
Locale Scotland
Dates of operation 1 June 190631 December 1922
Successor line London and North Eastern Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
LUECKE
   Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (west)
BHF
Alloa (S&DR)
eABZlf exSTRlg
Alloa East Junction
STR exLUECKE
   Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (north)
STRrg xABZrf
Kincardine Junction
STR exLUECKE
   Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (east)
eBHF
Clackmannan and Kennet
eBHF
Kilbagie
eBHF
Kincardine
eBHF
Culross
eBHF
Torryburn
eBHF
Cairneyhill
exKBFa STR
Charlestown (formerly Charlestown Railway)
exSTRlf eABZlg
Torryburn Line Junction
eABZlf exSTRlg
Elbowend Junction
STR exKDSe
Netherton Goods
LUECKE STR
   Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway (south east)
STRlf ABZlg
Charlestown Branch Junction
BHF
Dunfermline (Lower) (D&QR)
LUECKE
   Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway (north east)

The Kincardine Line was a railway in Clackmannanshire and Fife, Scotland connecting the stations in Alloa and near Dunfermline along the north shore of the Firth of Forth. From Charlestown Junction a short branch line to Charlestown on the shore of the Forth ran. This branch line had been part of the Charlestown Railway. It was part of the North British Railway

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[edit] Opening

The section between Kincardine and Kincardine Junction on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway was opened in 1893, with the line between Kincardine and Dunfermline opening in 1906.

[edit] Charlestown Branch

The Charlestown Branch started life as the Elgin Waggonway in 1792, later becoming the Charlestown Railway. The North British Railway bought the line and the harbour at the end of the line in 1863, although three years later it was partly abandoned. In 1894 the line was rebuilt and re-opened.

[edit] Closure

The Charlestown Branch closed to passengers on 1 November 1926, remaining opening to serve Crombie RNAD Siding until 1964.

Passenger services were withdrawn between Alloa and Dunfermline in 1930, although the line remained open for coal trains. Coal trains to Kincardine and Longannet Power Stations continued to use the line. The line to the west of Kincardine became derelict.

[edit] Re-opening

Under Scottish Executive funding and to relieve congestion on the Forth Bridge, the line between Stirling and Alloa was reopened to passenger traffic, and the line to Kincardine was rebuilt for coal traffic to Longannet. [1] Construction work started in 2005, with tracklaying commencing at the end of September 2006.

The line reopened to freight traffic from the Alloa direction to Longannet during April 2008, with passenger services from the west into Alloa commencing on 19 May 2008.

[edit] Connections to other Railways


[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine re-opening Web Site

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