Boarhills railway station served the hamlet of Boarhills, Fife, Scotland from 1883 to 1930 on the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway.
Boarhills | |
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 The site of the station in 1974 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Boarhills, Fife Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°18′37″N 2°42′11″W / 56.3103°N 2.7031°W |
| Grid reference | NO566133 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Anstruther and St Andrews Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1883 | Opened |
| 1 January 1917 | closed |
| 1 February 1919 | reopened |
| 22 September 1930 | Closed to passengers |
| 6 September 1965 | Closed to goods |
History
editThe station was opened on 1 September 1883 when the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway opened the line between Anstruther and Boarhills. The station was the temporary terminus while the remainder of the railway to St Andrews was completed, this section opened on 1 June 1887.[1]
To the north was the goods yard able to accommodate livestock, the yard was equipped with a 1½ ton crane.[2][3]
The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939.[4]
The station closed on 1 January 1917, reopening on 1 February 1919 then closed to passengers on 22 September 1930, although there was occasional later excursion use as the line remained open. The line and station closed to goods on 6 September 1965.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- ^ "Boarhills and station on OS 25inch map Fifeshire XV.4 (Kingsbarns; St Andrews and St Leonards)". National Library of Scotland. 1894. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ 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. 65. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
- ^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- ^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- ^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 38 (refs 1793 & 1794). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
External links
edit| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Stravithie Line and station closed |
Anstruther and St Andrews Railway | Kingsbarns Line and station closed |
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