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1824	Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Act receives Royal assent. Engineer : Thomas Grainger and John Miller Contractors : Thomas Grainger and Charles McCaul.
1847	Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Scotland Street to Canal Street [Edinburgh] opened (Canal Street [Edinburgh] called Princes Street [1st] briefly).
1850	Edinburgh and Northern Railway Opened from Cupar to Ferry-Port-on-Craig for passengers. Stations opened at Dairsie, Leuchars [1st], Ferry-Port-on-Craig opened.
1853	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Hartlepool West Harbour and Railway Clarence Railway Merge to become the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company.
1861	Inverness and Nairn RailwayInverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Inverness and Nairn Railway absorbed by Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
1861	Strathspey Railway Act receives Royal assent for line from Dufftown to Abernethy [Strathspey].
1861	Morayshire Railway Extension from Craigellachie [1st] to join the Strathspey Railway authorised.
1887	Dalmarnock Branch Extension (Caledonian Railway) London Road [Glasgow] passenger station approach replaced, with The Switchback (Caledonian Railway) opening in 1885.
1887	The Switchback (Caledonian Railway) Glasgow Lines: London Road Junction [Glasgow] to Germiston Junction Low opened for passengers.
1906	Maidens and Dunure Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Line opened.

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A southbound freight approaching Dunlop on 17 May 1952 behind class 5 4-6-0 45491. The train has recently cleared the A735 road bridge and is passing Dunlop^s up distant signal. [Ref query 10890] G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1952)

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Related to Cupar.

DMM Crichton Statue

A statue of David Maitland Makgill Crichton (1801-1851) is located on the east side of the road at the south end of the bridge at the south west end of Cupar station. The statue looks out over the bridge. It was Crichton who had the Edinburgh and Northern Railway build the bridge rather than their proposed level crossing.

The original course of the road, Riggs Row, was cut by the railway. It survives just to the west as Riggs Place, to the south, and Railway Place, to the north.

The National Galleries have a photograph of Crichton. National Galleries - David Maitland Makgill Crichton

Crichton was a clergyman who resided at Nether Rankeilour, a house to the west of Cupar and Springfield.

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Key events

May 2021	Hitachi Class 80x trains taken out of service on LNER and TPE, also Great Western and Hull Trains, after discovery of hairline cracks. See image 76630
May 2021	Ticket examiners join ScotRail Sunday strikes.
April 2021	HST derailed at Dalwhinnie by signalling error. See image 76332
March 2021	Start of ScotRail conductor strikes on Sundays over rest-day pay.
March 2021	ScotRail to be nationalised from March 2022.

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