Largo
Location type
StationName and dates
Largo (1857-1965)Opened on the East of Fife Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station immediately east of the Largo Viaduct. The main station building was on the westbound platform. A goods line ran round the north of the eastbound line and there was a goods yard to the north served from the east. The original signal box was east of the main station building.
The westbound platform was an addition, as was the loop alongside it. The eastbound platform and building, of a plain style typical of the original line, were the originals. The later building was North British Railway style. A box from 1894 was at the east end of the westbound platform.
The station closed to passengers in 1965, when the box closed, and the line closed in 1966.
The site has been cleared and is now a park called Station Park.
Local
Nearby in Largo (actually Lower Largo) is a statue to Robinson Crusoe. Alexander Kirk, on whom Daniel Defoe based Crusoe, was born in Lower Largo.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Lundin Links Leven [2nd] Leven Leven [1st] Methil Kilconquhar Cameron Bridge Cameron Bridge [1st] Buckhaven Elie Wemyss Castle Knightsward St Monance Springfield Lochty | Largo Viaduct Sir Andrew Wood^s Canal Silverburn Flax Mill Durie Colliery Cuttlehill Brick and Tile Works Leven Dock Methil Power Station Wemyss Saw Planing and Moulding Mills Methil East Junction Montrave Goods Kirkland Loop Durie Foundry Methil Hydraulic Power Station Tourist/other Waggon Road Level Crossing [Leven] River Leven [Fife] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
