Crail railway station
Crail | |||||
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 The site of the station, looking southwest, in 1988 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Crail, Fife Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°15′45″N 2°37′57″W / 56.2624°N 2.6325°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NO609079 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 6 September 1965 | Closed to passengers | ||||
| 18 November 1966 | Closed to goods | ||||
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Crail railway station served the burgh of Crail, Fife, Scotland from 1883 to 1966 on the Fife Coast Railway.
History
The station opened on 1 September 1883 by the North British Railway. It closed to passengers on 6 September 1965[1][2] and closed to goods on 18 November 1966.[3]
References
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Crail Station (Site no. NO60NW 56)". Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 139. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Entering Crail near site of station,... © Ben Brooksbank :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Kingsbarns Line and station closed |
Fife Coast Railway | Anstruther Line and station closed |