 The Alva branch closed to passenger trains on 1 November 1954, but a general goods service continued until 1964, with company trains to Menstrie continuing until January 1965.In 1875, the NBR agreed to provide new sidings to the newly enlarged Alloa docks, but complications with the adaptation of the Alloa Coal Company's high level tramway delayed their connection for two years.Since 1850 it had been possible for passengers to travel directly south from Alloa by crossing the Forth by means of the ferry and travelling on by the Scottish Central Railway from South Alloa.