Stirling-Alloa line exceeds expectations
MORE than 400,000 passengers used the Stirling-Alloa railway line in its first year – two and a half times as many as expected.
The Scottish Government's Transport Scotland agency, which was in charge of the project, said 155,000 passengers were initially forecast to use the six-mile route in its first year.
The 85million line, which continues to Kincardine for coal trains, opened last May nearly two and half years late after costing more than twice its original budget.
It reconnected Alloa to the main rail network after a gap of 41 years.
Hourly direct trains to Glasgow will be supplemented by some peak hour direct services to Edinburgh from next week.
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