Lundin Links railway station

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Lundin Links
Lundin Links station site geograph-3766982-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
The site of the station in 2002
General information
Location Lundin Links, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates 56°12′37″N2°57′45″W / 56.2104°N 2.9624°W / 56.2104; -2.9624 Coordinates: 56°12′37″N2°57′45″W / 56.2104°N 2.9624°W / 56.2104; -2.9624
Grid reference NO404024
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company East of Fife Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
11 August 1857 (1857-08-11)Opened
6 September 1965 (1965-09-06)Closed

Lundin Links railway station served the village of Lundin Links, Fife, Scotland from 1857 to 1965 on the Fife Coast Railway.

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History

The station opened on 11 August 1857 by the East of Fife Railway. [1]

The station had one platform to the north of the running line, there were two sidings behind the platform forming a small goods yard able to accommodate a limited range of goods including live stock, they were unable to deal with vehicles needing to be loaded on trains, the yard was equipped with a 1½ ton crane. [2] [3]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1953 to 1963, and there were two coaches here from 1956 to 1961. [4]

The station closed to passengers on 6 September 1965. [1] The line closed to goods traffic on 18 July 1966. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 298.
  2. ↑ 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. 461. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.
  3. ↑ "Lundin Links station on OS 25 inch map Fifeshire XXI.13 (Largo; Scoonie)". National Library of Scotland. 1894. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 28. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.
  5. ↑ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 44 (ref 2039). ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
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Line and station closed		  Fife Coast Railway   Largo
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