Proposals for the extension of passenger services between Alloa and Fife [Alloa Advertiser]





Date: 11/02/2016

Proposals to open the Alloa to Fife rail line to passengers has been given fresh hope after the Scottish Parliament referred a public petition to the Longannet Task Force for consideration.
The closure of the power station, due to take place in March, may well have a devastating financial effect on Clackmannanshire and the surrounding areas.
However, plans were put forth that could arguably soften the blow and open up new economic opportunities using the existing rail infrastructure.
Passenger services currently terminate at Alloa, while the line itself runs past Longannet, through the West Fife villages and on to Dunfermline.
A public petition, submitted by Martin Keatings, has called for the service to be extended to allow trains to take passengers from Alloa through the Fife circle, without the need to head into Edinburgh first.


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PROPSALS to open the Alloa to Fife rail line to passengers has been given fresh hope after the Scottish Parliament referred a public petition to the

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Coal empties from Longannet power station on their way back to Hunterston shortly after noon on 9 May 2012 behind EWS liveried 66015. The train is running parallel with the A907 road on the eastern approach to Alloa. The track on the left is part of Alloa East loop.
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