Date: 16/03/2015

A new ^Forth Circle^ rail loop could be created if the threatened 40-year-old Longannet power station was to shut, campaigners have proposed.
The end of coal trains to the Fife plant would free up tracks so passengers could travel on the Forth-side line between Alloa and Dunfermline for the first time for 85 years.
The scheme could include re-opening a station at the historic village of Culross to improve access for tourists.
Trains supplying Longannet used the route until the £85 million Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line re-opened in 2008.

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A NEW Forth Circle rail loop could be created if the threatened 40-year-old Longannet power station was to shut, campaigners have proposed.

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After an unscheduled stop at Elbowend Junction because of apparent track circuit problems, GWR 4-6-0 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe restarts the Forth Circle special in the direction of Kincardine on 27 May 2012, with the overgrown remains of the Charlestown branch on the left. Never thought I would see the day when a GWR Castle would pass let alone stop at Elbowend Junction!
Location: Elbowend Junction
Company: Charlestown Railway
27/05/2012 Mark Poustie

The Scottish Power Express about to leave the temporary platform at Culross on 21 June 1992 for the return trip to Edinburgh.
Location: Culross [2nd]
Company: Kincardine Line (North British Railway)
21/06/1992 Craig Seath

Union of South Africa passes Cairneyhill with the first SRPS Forth Circle special on 23 August 2009.
Location: Cairneyhill
Company: Kincardine Line (North British Railway)
23/08/2009 Bill Roberton

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