Torryburn railway station

Torryburn
General information
Location	Torryburn, Fife Scotland
Coordinates	56°03′32″N3°34′18″W / 56.0589°N 3.5717°W / 56.0589; -3.5717
Grid reference	NT022862
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
2 July 1906 (1906-07-02)	Opened
7 July 1930 (1930-07-07)	Closed
Location

Torryburn railway station served the village of Torryburn, Fife, Scotland from 1906 to 1930 on the Kincardine Line.

History

The station was opened on 2 July 1906 by The Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway which had been incorporated by the North British Railway. ^{[1] [2]}

The goods yard was to the south of the line. ^[3]

The station closed on 7 July 1930. ^[1] Despite being closed the station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1937 to 1938 and campers were advised to take a bus to the coach from one of the Dunfermline stations. ^[4]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 449. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
2. Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 292. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
3. "Torryburn station on OS Six-inch map Linlithgowshire Sheet nI & nII (includes: Bo'Ness and Carriden; Culross; Dunfermline; Grangemouth; Torryburn; Tulliallan)". National Library of Scotland. 1922. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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. pp. 7 & 11. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Valleyfield Line open, station closed		Kincardine Line		Cairneyhill Line open, station closed