Anstruther railway station

Anstruther
General information
Location	Anstruther, Fife Scotland
Coordinates	56°13′24″N2°42′25″W / 56.2233°N 2.7069°W / 56.2233; -2.7069
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leven and East of Fife Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 September 1863	Station opens
1 September 1883	Station moved when line extended
6 September 1965	Station closes

Anstruther railway station served the village of Anstruther, Fife, in Scotland. Served by the Leven and East of Fife Railway it was opened in 1863.

History

First station was opened by the Leven and East of Fife Railway in 1863 and was resited in 1883 . In 1887, a separate company extended the line to St Andrews and 10 years later it became part of the North British Railway. From 1923 it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1965

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Pittenweem		North British Railway Leven and East of Fife Railway		Crail

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Hajducki, Andrew; Jodeluk, Michael; Simpson, Alan (2009). Anstruther & St Andrews Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0-85361-687-0.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.