East Fife Central Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
East Fife Central Junction (1898-1964)Opened on the Leven Railway.
Opened on the East Fife Central Railway.
Opened on the Kirkland Yard and Leven Dock to Methil Line Widening (North British Railway).
Description
This was a four way junction between the 1854 Leven Railway and the 1898 East Fife Central Railway and Kirkland Yard (North British Railway) (around 1910).
To the west the East Fife Central turned to the north. It ran parallel and on the north side of the Leven Railway to the signal box, which was on the north side of the junction.
To the east the Kirkland Yard lines ran east on the south side of the Leven Railway.
The Leven Railway was doubled in 1910.
The East Fife Central closed in 1964. East to Leven closed in 1969. The box closed in 1970.
The line remained open to Methil Power Station through the remains of Kirkland Yard, closing in the 1990s.
Track remains, very overgrown and the niche for the signal box can be seen.
Tags
Junction08/05/2019
| Nearby stations Cameron Bridge Cameron Bridge [1st] Leven [1st] Methil Leven Leven [2nd] Buckhaven Wemyss Castle Lundin Links Markinch Largo West Wemyss Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Glenrothes with Thornton | Kirkland Works Kirkland Foundry Kirkland Goods Kirkland Yard Leven Creosote Works Kirkland Siding Leven Colliery No 3 Pit (Pirnie) Kennoway Goods Leven Colliery No 4 Pit Tourist/other Duniface Farm Level Crossing Kirkland House Kirkland Dam Level Crossing Mountfleurie Crossing Windygates Level Crossing [East] Cameronbridge Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |  The East Fife Central Railway |  The East of Fife Central Railway: The Lochty Line (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |  The Railways of Fife |
