NB 256 at kincardine 30.3.1964
1760s – Nearly a century before railways were introduced to the area, the Alloa Wagonway was used to transport coal to the River Forth for shipping. Built in the late 1760s, the wagonway was several miles long although very little of it now remains. It was joined in 1806 by the Sauchie Wagonway which traveled to Clackmannan.
1893 – The Kincardine line was the last built in the area for both passengers and freight. Opened on 18th December, the branch leaves the Stirling & Dunfermline railway at Kincardine junction.
NB 256 again in colour
1983 – The Alloa-Kincardine junction closes and the last train runs on this section.
1996 – The Kincardine-Longannet section of the line is reopened to freight traffic.
2005 – Construction work on the reopening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link begins in the autumn and is now completed.