 The line remained in place as far as Oakley until 1993, but was subsequently lost to road development within Dunfermline.Just eight years later, studies began for the reopening of the western end of the line from Stirling to Alloa, as part of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link.Under Scottish Executive funding and to relieve congestion on the Forth Railway Bridge the line between Stirling and Alloa was reopened in 2008.