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Luthrie railway station

Coordinates: 56°21′20″N 3°04′41″W / 56.355512°N 3.078086°W / 56.355512; -3.078086
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Luthrie
General information
LocationFife
Platforms2
History
Original companyNewburgh and North Fife Railway
Pre-groupingNewburgh and North Fife Railway
Post-groupingLNER
British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
25 January 1909 (1909-01-25)Opened
12 February 1951 (1951-02-12)Closed

Luthrie railway station served the village of Luthrie, Fife, Scotland from 1909 to 1951 on the Newburgh and North Fife Railway.

History

The station was opened on 25 January 1909 by the Newburgh and North Fife Railway.[1][2]

To the west was the goods yard.[3] The signal box closed in 1928 and was replaced by a ground frame, allowing access to the goods yard.[4] The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1938.[5]

The line and station closed to passengers on 12 February 1951.[1][6] The line closed to goods traffic on 5 October 1964.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. 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. 395. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. ^ "Luthrie station on OS Six-inch map". National Library of Scotland. 1920. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. ^ "RAILSCOT - Luthrie". Railscot. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 5 (ref 0180). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  7. ^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 30 (ref 1480). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Kilmany
Line and station closed
  Newburgh and North Fife Railway   Lindores
Line and station closed

56°21′20″N 3°04′41″W / 56.355512°N 3.078086°W / 56.355512; -3.078086