Old Photograph Kincardine-on-Forth Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Kincardine-on-Forth in Fife, Scotland. The Kincardine Line was a railway in Clackmannanshire and Fife, Scotland, connecting the stations in Alloa and near Dunfermline along the north shore of the Firth of Forth. A short branch line ran from Charlestown Junction to Charlestown on the shore of the Forth. This branch line had been part of the Charlestown Railway, also part of the North British Railway. The section between Kincardine and Kincardine Junction on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway was opened in 1893, with the line between Kincardine and Dunfermline opening in 1906. The Charlestown Branch started life as the Elgin Waggonway in 1792, later becoming the Charlestown Railway. The North British Railway bought the line and the harbour at the end of the line in 1863, although three years later it was partly abandoned. In 1894, the line was rebuilt and re-opened. The Charlestown Branch closed to passengers on 1 November 1926. Passenger services were withdrawn between Alloa and Dunfermline in 1930, although the line remained open for coal trains. Coal trains to Kincardine and Longannet Power Stations continued to use the line. The line to the west of Kincardine became derelict.





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