Wormit railway station

Wormit
The station building at the preservation site in 2007
General information
Location	Wormit, Fife Scotland
Coordinates	56°25′31″N2°58′52″W / 56.4252°N 2.9811°W / 56.4252; -2.9811
Grid reference	NO395263
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newport Railway
Pre-grouping	Newport Railway North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 May 1889 [1]	Opened
5 May 1969 (1969-05-05)	Closed
Location

Wormit railway station served the town of Wormit, Fife, Scotland from 1889 to 1969 on the Newport Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 May 1889 by the Newport Railway. In 1955 a train crash occurred where 3 people were killed and 41 were injured, 15 with severe injuries. ^[2] The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 May 1969. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "North British Railway: List of Stations with opening and closing dates from 1828 to 2003" (PDF). North British Railway Study Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2020.
2. "Report on the Derailment which occurred on 28th May 1955 at Wormit in the Scottish Region British Railways". Railways Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 438. OCLC   931112387.
4. "Wormit railway station (site), Fife". Geograph. Retrieved 24 May 2018.