Train Photos

From the maps; this line got the chop in the 1961 Beeching Axe.

What got it restored ? Commutor traffic?

Always, so good to see a rail-line get restored; versus yet another cut.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 26 September 2009.

From Wikipedia:
Under Scottish Executive funding and to relieve congestion on the Forth Bridge the line between Stirling and Alloa has been reopened to passenger traffic. Construction work started in 2005, with track laying commencing at the end of September 2006 and completing in March 2007, In addition, the route required new signalling, level crossings, and a new Alloa railway station.
Work was finished at the end of March 2008 and re-opened to the public on 19 May 2008, preceded by series of pre-opening charters on 15 May 2008.
The line between Alloa and Kincardine has also been rebuilt to allow coal trains from Hunterston Terminal, for example, to Longannet Power Station to avoid using the Forth Bridge.

Added by Peter Langsdale on 26 September 2009.

Peter; thanks for the come-back.

Regards,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 27 September 2009.

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