St Fort railway station
St. Fort | |
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Location | St Fort, Forgan, Fife Scotland |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER British Rail (Scottish Region) |
Key dates | |
1 June 1878 | Opened |
6 September 1965 | Closed |
St. Fort railway station served the civil parish of Forgan, Fife, Scotland from 1878 to 1965 on the Tay Bridge Line and Newburgh and North Fife Railway.
History[]
The station opened on 1 June 1878 by the North British Railway. To the west was the goods yard and to the east was the signal box. This was replaced in 1909 by the north junction box. The station closed on 6 September 1965[1] with the signal box closing a year later.[2]
References[]
- ^ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 352
- ^ "RAILSCOT - St Fort". Railscot. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Newburgh and North Fife Railway | Kilmany Line and station closed | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Dundee Esplanade Line open, station closed |
North British Railway |
Leuchars Line and station open |
Coordinates: 56°24′26″N 2°57′26″W / 56.407172°N 2.957163°W
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Fife
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1878
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
- Beeching closures in Scotland
- 1878 establishments in Scotland
- 1965 disestablishments in Scotland
- Fife railway station stubs