Alva railway station was a station in the village of Alva, in the Scottish county of

Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth & Kinross and the ...

. The station was the terminus of a branch from Cambus on the

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

to Dunfermline Lower line.

History

Opened by the Alva Railway, as part of the North British Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the

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of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the

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The site today

The site, on the south side of the town, has not yet been developed.

References

* * * Alva railway closure

Disused railway stations in Clackmannanshire Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1954 1954 disestablishments in Scotland 1863 establishments in Scotland Alva, Clackmannanshire {{Scotland-railstation-stub