Lundin Links
The site of the station in 2002
General information
LocationLundin Links, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56°12′37″N 2°57′45″W / 56.2104°N 2.9624°W / 56.2104; -2.9624
Grid referenceNO404024
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEast of Fife Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
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.

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]

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  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
Leven
Line and station closed		   Fife Coast Railway   Largo
Line and station closed


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