Alloa, Railway Station View of Park Royal Railbus (M 79971) on the Alloa to Larbert service; photographed on last day of operation (see also under Larbert Station)

Description Alloa, Railway Station View of Park Royal Railbus (M 79971) on the Alloa to Larbert service; photographed on last day of operation (see also under Larbert Station)

Date 28/1/1968

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 605743

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Alloa Station, Alloa, Clackmannan This station was originally opened in 1850 by the Stirling & Dunfermline Railway, which was completed to Stirling in 1852. It subsequently became a junction for a line to Kinross, and, in 1885, for a branch to Larbert. At about that time the station was rebuilt. This shows a diesel railbus at the main east-bound platform, having arrived on a service from Larbert. This was one face of an island platform in a cutting, reached by a footbridge. This photograph was taken on the last day of services to Alloa on 29 January 1968. The railbus was one of a series introduced in about 1960 for services on lightly-trafficked lines. This was one of the last services operated. Alloa Station closed at the end of 1968, and has since been demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H68/421/2D

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