This station was built to a design commonly used on this line. A loop, with a passenger platform on one side (north) and a loading bank (south) which was an island served on both sides. A siding to the south was served from the east. Unlike most of the other stations it was not altered from this. There was a level crossing at the west end.
Prior to this, it was the terminus of the line before its extension east. The terminus was on the same site with a goods yard at the west end, north of the line, served from the west. There appears to have been a small trainshed.
Kilconquhar West box opened in 1907. The box was on the platform, just east of the station building. It closed before the station in 1962.
The passenger platform remains as does the station building.
Nearby stations Elie St Monance Largo Knightsward Pittenweem Lundin Links Lochty Anstruther [1st] Anstruther [2nd] Leven [2nd] Leven Leven [1st] Methil Buckhaven Cameron Bridge | Coalyard Hill St Monance Boatbuilding Work Coal Farm Coal Pit St Monans Windmill Largoward Goods Largobeath Colliery St Monans Salt Pans Sir Andrew Wood^s Canal Largo Viaduct Anstruther Junction Silverburn Flax Mill Dreel Viaduct Tourist/other Newark Castle [St Monance] Kellie Castle and Garden Pittenweem Harbour |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |
23/07/1855 | East of Fife Railway Authorised from Leven [2nd] to Kilconquhar. |
08/07/1857 | East of Fife Railway Line opened from Leven [2nd] to Kilconquhar. |
01/09/1863 | Leven and East of Fife Railway Line opened from Kilconquhar to Anstruther [1st]. |
29/06/2022 | Plans for new Fife museum to house two historic locomotives [Fife Today] |
17/08/2021 | Veteran Cameron brings farming to the people for 1m [The Scotsman] |
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series) | The Leven & East of Fife Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |