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The Stirling - Alloa - Kincardine Railway project will re-open approximately 21 km of existing, disused and abandoned railway lines between Stirling Station and Longannet Power station in Kincardine.
As part of the project, a new station will be constructed in Alloa town centre and hourly passenger services will operate between Alloa, Stirling and Glasgow Queen Street.
Freight services will primarily deliver coal by rail to Longannet Power Station, freeing up capacity on the busy Forth Bridge and improving the operation of the main Edinburgh- Glasgow line. It is hoped that the additional capacity on the Forth Bridge will be used to start an additional service between Edinburgh and Markinch.
A new Alloa Eastern Link Road will also be built ahead of the new rail services beginning, to take traffic away from Alloa town centre and to allow Hilton Road to be closed to through traffic.
The construction work is due to be completed by summer 2007 with the first passenger and freight train services due to commence thereafter.
The project is being managed by tie limited, under contract to Clackmannanshire Council. The construction work has been appointed to a joint venture between two of the UK’s leading construction firms – First Engineering and Edmund Nuttall Ltd. Site supervision will be provided by Jacobs Babtie and project management by tie.
Track laying began in September 2006
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As part of the project, a new station will be constructed in Alloa town centre and hourly passenger services will operate between Alloa, Stirling and Glasgow Queen Street.
Freight services will primarily deliver coal by rail to Longannet Power Station, freeing up capacity on the busy Forth Bridge and improving the operation of the main Edinburgh- Glasgow line. It is hoped that the additional capacity on the Forth Bridge will be used to start an additional service between Edinburgh and Markinch.
A new Alloa Eastern Link Road will also be built ahead of the new rail services beginning, to take traffic away from Alloa town centre and to allow Hilton Road to be closed to through traffic.
The construction work is due to be completed by summer 2007 with the first passenger and freight train services due to commence thereafter.
The project is being managed by tie limited, under contract to Clackmannanshire Council. The construction work has been appointed to a joint venture between two of the UK’s leading construction firms – First Engineering and Edmund Nuttall Ltd. Site supervision will be provided by Jacobs Babtie and project management by tie.
Track laying began in September 2006
- Top ballast was laid week beg. 4 Sept from Forth Viaduct to A91 overbridge. Sleepers were started on Monday 11th then placement of the long welded sections of rail that have been lying to the side for 2 months started on Tuesday. Track is also going in between Manor Powis and Blackgrange at the moment.
- The Forth Viaduct second track can't yet be laid is that the bridge is still jacked on temporary supports at the Stirling end with a weight limit of 60 tonnes per span in place.
- the new welded sections are temporarily fishplated to both ends of the old S&D rails through the level-crossing on the road from Causewayhead to Cambuskenneth (which hasn't yet been re-built), presumably to allow road-rail machines to trundle right through in the interim!
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