Falkland Road
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StationName and dates
Falkland Road (1847-1958)Opened on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station. The main building building, on the northbound platform, survived into the 1980s.
There was a goods yard at the north end, on the west side, approached from the north. The signal box was at the north end of the southbound platform.
The station closed in 1958 but the box lasted until 1965.
Falkland Palace and Falkland are about 3 miles to the north west by road.
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Station
| Nearby stations Kingskettle Ladybank Markinch Leslie Auchtermuchty Collessie Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] Cameron Bridge [1st] Cameron Bridge Glenrothes with Thornton Springfield Strathmiglo West Wemyss Leven [1st] | Forthar Lime Siding Forthar Lime Works Railway Tunnel Forthar Lime Works Lochmuir Summit Balbirnie Pit Ladybank South Junction Auchmuty Paper Mill Rameldry Colliery Markinch Co-op Siding Rothes Paper Mill Balbirnie Mills Auchmuty Junction Tourist/other Falkland Palace Prestonhall Level Crossing Coaltown of Burnturk |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 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. |
| / /1896 | Falkland Light Railway First discussion of a railway between Falkland Road and the village of Falkland. The line was not built. |
| 15/09/1958 | Edinburgh and Northern Railway Falkland Road station closed |
News items
| 22/03/2023 | Return to the old railway stations of Dundee and Fife in our picture special [The Courier] |
