Auchtermuchty
Location type
StationName and dates
Auchtermuchty (1857-1950)Opened on the Fife and Kinross Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station with the platform on the north side of a single track line. The station was south of Auchtermuchty itself.
To the west the line passed under a roadbridge. The station building was at the west end of the platform and backed onto the goods shed, which was to the north. The goods yard was approached from the east. The signal box was south of the line and at the west end of the loop east of the platform from which the goods yard branched.
The station closed to passengers in 1950 and the box closed in 1954. The line east to Ladybank closed in 1957 and complete closure came with the line west closing in 1964.
The station building has been incorporated into a new building which has been built around and above it. A portion of platform remains. It is an unusual preservation of a former station building. The site is the Sterling Furniture factory.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Strathmiglo Collessie Lindores [1st] Glenburnie Gateside Lindores [2nd] Ladybank Newburgh [1st] Newburgh [2nd] Falkland Road Abernethy Road Kingskettle Abernethy Leslie Mawcarse | Glenburnie Junction Ladybank Saw Mill Ladybank Chemical Works Ladybank Works Clatchard Craig Quarry Ladybank Shed Ladybank South Junction Newburgh Quarry Forthar Lime Siding Forthar Lime Works Railway Tunnel Tourist/other Falkland Palace Abdie Church Lindores Loch Balvaird Castle Abernethy Round Tower |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 06/06/1950 | Fife and Kinross Railway Ladybank (excluded) to Mawcarse Junction (excluded) closed to passengers. Auchtermuchty, Strathmiglo and Gateside closed. |
| 29/01/1957 | Fife and Kinross Railway Ladybank (excluded) to Auchtermuchty (excluded) closed to goods and completely. |
| 05/10/1964 | Fife and Kinross Railway Auchtermuchty to Mawcarse Junction (excluded) closed to goods and completely. |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series) |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
