East Fife Central Railway

Introduction

This freight line is closed. It later became the Lochty Light Railway or Lochty Private Railway.




Dates

  /  /1893East Fife Central Railway
East Fife Central Railway authorised.
  /  /1895East Fife Central RailwayNorth British Railway
East Fife Central Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
18/08/1898East Fife Central Railway
Line opened from East of Fife Central Junction to Lochty Goods for goods only.
01/08/1964East Fife Central Railway
Lochty (excluded) to East of Fife Central Junction (excluded) closed to freight. (Alternative date 10/08/1964.)
10/08/1964East Fife Central Railway
Lochty (excluded) to East of Fife Central Junction (excluded) closed to freight. (Alternative date 01/08/1964.)
  /  /1992East Fife Central Railway
Lochty Private Railway closed.
  /  /1994East Fife Central Railway
Fife Railway Preservation Group complete the removal of their equipment from Lochty to storage.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Ken Whyte, Chair of the Shed at Bayview, said: 'One of the skills we were hoping to develop was forest craft. When we heard that Network Rail were ...
Network Rail /12/2020
Looking south along the trackbed of the East Fife Central Railway on 1st December 2020, at the point where it passed under the A915 to the east of ...
Bill Roberton 01/12/2020
View west to the former East Fife Central Junction showing clearance works. ...
Network Rail /12/2020
A view of the Methil branch at Kirkland Yard in July 2020. This section of track was cleared of vegetation earlier in the year in preparation for the ...
Bill Roberton 20/07/2020
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This goods station was to the south of Kennoway itself. It had a loop and sidings on the north side, served from the east.
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This is a 1974 photo of a walk along the old Central Fife track bed from
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Jim Scott //1974
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This goods station was on the north side of the single track line, and served from the east.
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This was a goods station with a loop and series of sidings to the north, served from the west with a loading bank.
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Served by a branch to the east of Largoward Goods. The siding was served from the east.
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After closure of the East Fife Central Railway a short portion was retained at the east end running from here to Lochty. This line was the Lochty Private Railway.
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Knightsward was the western terminus of the Lochty Private Railway in 1986. Note the siding beyond the platform. All that remains today is the ...
Bill Roberton //1986
Former Wemyss Private Railway No 16 at Knightsward on the Lochty PR in the mid 1970s with the late Ian Fraser bottom right. Hornby has announced a OO ...
Bill Roberton //
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This was a goods station, the terminus of the East Fife Central Railway. There were several sidings served from the west and a loop to the south.
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Looking along the trackbed and embankment of the former East Fife Central goods line at Lochty in April 2021. This closed in 1964 but a short section ...
John Yellowlees 13/04/2021
The remains of the East Fife Central terminus at Lochty in April 2021. This was last used as part of the short private preserved line in 1990 and the ...
John Yellowlees 13/04/2021
Privately preserved A4 Pacific no 60009 Union of South Africa at Lochty in September 1969. ...
Jim Peebles /09/1969
Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank at Lochty, East Fife in 1980 ...
Gordon Steel /08/1980
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