Boarhills railway station

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Boarhills
Boarhills Station site of 1838499 a245573f.jpg
The site of the station in 1974
General information
Location Boarhills, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates 56°18′37″N2°42′11″W / 56.3103°N 2.7031°W / 56.3103; -2.7031 Coordinates: 56°18′37″N2°42′11″W / 56.3103°N 2.7031°W / 56.3103; -2.7031
Grid reference NO566133
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
1 September 1883 (1883-09-01)Opened
1 January 1917closed
1 February 1919reopened
22 September 1930Closed to passengers
6 September 1965 (1965-09-06)Closed to goods

Boarhills railway station served the hamlet of Boarhills, Fife, Scotland from 1883 to 1930 on the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway.

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History

The station was opened on 1 September 1883 when the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway opened the line between Anstruther and Boarhills. The station was the temporary terminus while the remainder of the railway to St Andrews was completed, this section opened on 1 June 1887. [1]

To the north was the goods yard able to accommodate livestock, the yard was equipped with a 1½ ton crane. [2] [3]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939. [4]

The station closed on 1 January 1917, reopening on 1 February 1919 then closed to passengers on 22 September 1930, although there was occasional later excursion use as the line remained open. The line and station closed to goods on 6 September 1965. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 15. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
  2. ↑ "Boarhills and station on OS 25inch map Fifeshire XV.4 (Kingsbarns; St Andrews and St Leonards)". National Library of Scotland. 1894. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ↑ The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 65. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.
  4. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  5. ↑ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 89.
  6. ↑ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 38 (refs 1793 & 1794). ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.
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Line and station closed		  Anstruther and St Andrews Railway   Kingsbarns
Line and station closed


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