Auchtertool Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Auchtertool Goods (1896-1962)Opened on the Kirkcaldy District Railway (North British Railway).
Description
This goods station was to the east of Auchtertool. There was a loop with a signal box, the loop on the south side. The goods sidings ran from the west end of the loop. The box was the only one along the line and closed in 1923.
The line east closed in 1960 and complete closure was in 1962.
The site is cleared and in use as a yard.
Tags
Goods sidings terminusExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
Chronology Dates
| 03/03/1896 | Kirkcaldy District Railway (North British Railway) Line opened as a goods/mineral relief line from the coalfields to Burntisland Harbour. Opened between Invertiel Junction (just south of Kirkcaldy) and Foulford Junction (Cowdenbeath) with a goods station at Auchtertool Goods. |
| 03/10/1960 | Kirkcaldy District Railway (North British Railway) Invertiel Junction (excluded) to Auchtertool Goods (excluded) closed. (The Cowdenbeath Colliery closed in January 1960 reducing the need for a goods/mineral line to Burntisland.) |
| 06/08/1962 | Kirkcaldy District Railway (North British Railway) Auchtertool Goods to Foulford Junction (excluded) closed. |
