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Pittenweem railway station served the village of Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland from 1863 to 1965 on the Fife Coast Railway.
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- ↑ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 235
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 131. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
