Alloa railway station, Clackmannanshire, 2008
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Alloa railway station, Clackmannanshire, 2008
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 24 May 2008
Opened in 2008 by Network Rail as the terminus of the branch from Stirling, replacing an earlier station some 300m behind the camera position which had closed to passengers in 1968. View east towards the brand new passenger terminus. For an updated view following electrification in 2018, see Image At the time this image was taken, the line continued eastwards for freight trains only, via Clackmannan and Longannet power station to Dunfermline.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.117847
Longitude
-3.789093