Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction (North British Railway)




Dates

  /  /1898Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction (North British Railway)
Line authorised, in connection with the Forth Bridge.
29/03/1919Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction (North British Railway)
All passenger trains start to use the Cowdenbeath (New) deviation with the opening of the Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction link. Cowdenbeath (Old) closed to passengers. Cowdenbeath South Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction given over to goods and mineral traffic.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This junction was north of Cowdenbeath station. It was formed between the Kelty to Cowdenbeath (North British Railway) of 1890, (part of the improvements made for the Edinburgh-Perth route before the opening of the forth Bridge), and the Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction (North British Railway) link of 1900.
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Kelty to Cowdenbeath (North British Railway)
Freightliner 66570 passes the former Cowdenbeath North Junction with the Thornton Yard - Ravenstruther (for loading) - Millerhill working on 19 May ...
Bill Roberton 19/05/2022
A mid 1990s view of Cowdenbeath North Junction from a helicopter. The 'new' station is upper right; Cowdenbeath North Junction to lower right. ...
Bill Roberton //
A Fife Circle train is seen passing north through Cowdenbeath North Junction. The view looks south. The line off to the left is the 1919 Cowdenbeath ...
Ewan Crawford 05/09/2023
The first SRPS 'Forth Circle' of the day passing the site of Cowdenbeath North Junction on 6 September 2015 behind Black 5 45407. ...
Bill Roberton 06/09/2015
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A Fife circle service approaches the site of Lumphinnans Central Junction along the 1919 link from Cowdenbeath North Junction. The original course of ...
Ewan Crawford 05/09/2023
Freightliner 66514 leads failed 66551 and the Thornton to Ravenstruther empty ballast away from the former Lumphinnans Central Junction on 4 July ...
Bill Roberton 04/07/2022
66040 passes the former Lumphinnans Central Junction in 2005, with coal for Longannet Power Station. ...
Bill Roberton //2005
60103 passes the site of Lumphinnans Central Junction with the first 'The Cathedrals Express' trip from Edinburgh to Fife. ...
Bill Roberton 20/05/2018
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