Cupar
Location type
StationName and dates
Cupar (1847-)Station code: CUP National Rail ScotRail
Where: Fife, Scotland
Opened on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
Open on the Edinburgh to Dundee.
Description
This is a two platform station dating from 1847. The architect of the main station building on the northbound platform is thought to be David Bell. The central portion is two storey with a double arched entry. To the sides are single storey wings which link to two storey blocks on either side. A flat roofed canopy runs the full length on the platform side. The building on the southbound platform is built to a later standard North British Railway style.
There were formerly three tracks between the platforms, but the centre line has been lifted. At the west end of the station is a three arch bridge carrying Station Road. Nothing passes through the south arch, the westbound and lifted centre line passed the centre arch and the eastbound passes through the north arch.
There were two yards - a goods yard which is now the car park next to the station building and a coal and grain yard to the north east. Both yards were to the north of the line and accessed from the east.
With the removal of the goods yards, there is a space between the signal box and the running lines.
The coal staithes and granary ('A' listed) have been renovated for office use (in 1993).
The main station building is now the Cupar Museum and Heritage Centre .
The Artline - Art and Heritage on the railway in Fife
Local
Cupar and District Model Railway Club
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
Facilities
Listing: B
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| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
DMM Crichton StatueA 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. |
Chronology Dates
| 31/07/1845 | Edinburgh and Northern Railway Act receives Royal assent. Mainline from Burntisland to Perth via Ladybank. Branches from Ladybank to Cupar and Kirkcaldy to the harbour. The Perth station was to be beside the Dundee and Perth Railway station. |
| 17/09/1847 | Edinburgh and Northern Railway Opened from Burntisland to Lindores and Cupar. Stations at Burntisland [1st], Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Sinclairtown, Dysart, Thornton, Markinch, Falkland Road, Kingskettle, Ladybank, Collessie, Lindores [1st], Springfield and Cupar. |
| 29/06/1979 | British Railways £5 million contract to rationalise trackwork from Dalmeny to Cupar, Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath. |
| / /1981 | Edinburgh and Northern Railway Signaling from Dalmeny to Cupar, Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath transferred to the new Edinburgh Signalling Centre. |
