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Torryburn railway station

Coordinates: 56°03′32″N 3°34′18″W / 56.0589°N 3.5717°W / 56.0589; -3.5717
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Torryburn
General information
LocationFife
Coordinates56°03′32″N 3°34′18″W / 56.0589°N 3.5717°W / 56.0589; -3.5717
Platforms1
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
2 July 1906 (1906-07-02)Opened
7 July 1930 (1930-07-07)Closed

Torryburn railway station served the village of Torryburn, Fife, Scotland from 1906 to 1930 on the Kincardine Line.

History

The station was opened on 2 July 1906 by The Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway which had been incorporated by the North British Railway.[1][2]

The goods yard was to the south of the line.[3]

The station closed on 7 July 1930.[1] Despite being closed the station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1937 to 1938 and campers were advised to take a bus to the coach from one of the Dunfermline stations.[4]

The line is still open.[5]

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. 292. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. ^ "Torryburn station on OS Six-inch map Linlithgowshire Sheet nI & nII (includes: Bo'Ness and Carriden; Culross; Dunfermline; Grangemouth; Torryburn; Tulliallan)". National Library of Scotland. 1922. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. ^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 7 & 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  5. ^ "RAILSCOT - Torryburn". Railscot. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Valleyfield
Line open, station closed
  Kincardine Line   Cairneyhill
Line open, station closed