Date: 28/12/2021

Spanish train builder Talgo has still to reveal its plans for the former coal-fired power station site.

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Spanish train builder Talgo has still to reveal its plans for the former coal-fired power station site.

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A coal train arrives at Longannet Power station. The coal stockyard can be seen over to the left.
Location: Longannet East Arrival
Company: Kincardine Line (North British Railway)
// Ewan Crawford

Coal - swallower extraordinaire. Longannet power station looking south towards the Forth in June 2005. Longannet consumes approximately 10,000 tonnes of coal per day, mainly delivered by rail from Hunterston import terminal. It has an installed capacity of 2,400 megawatts, making it the third largest coal-fired power station in Europe after Belchatow, Poland and Drax, North Yorkshire. [Addendum: Longannet power station was decommissioned in 2016]
Location: Longannet Power Station
Company: Kincardine Line (North British Railway)
13/06/2005 John Furnevel

DBS 66037 skirts the Forth with empties with the doomed power station in the background. During the final three weeks of March trains may run daily, although timetabling is not be reliable.
Location: Longannet West Arrival
Company: Kincardine Line (North British Railway)
14/03/2016 Bill Roberton

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