Leslie
Location type
StationName and dates
Leslie (1861-1932)Opened on the Leslie Railway.
Description
This was a single platform terminus.
The platform was on the north, ie town, side of the station yard. To the south was the goods shed and beyond that the goods yard, all approached from the south east over the Leslie Viaduct.
Fettykill Paper Mill, the connection for which was immediately west of the viaduct, was served by trains from Markinch by reversing at the station and running to the paper mill. By the junction was a small exchange yard, approached from the station.
The signal box was at the station throat, on the south side of the line. It opened in 1891 and closed in 1926 when the line became worked as one-engine-in-steam. The station closed to passengers in 1932 and remained open to goods until 1967.
Most the station site has now been built over. The site of the exchange yard remains clear.
Tags
Station TerminusExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Markinch Glenrothes with Thornton Falkland Road Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] Cardenden West Wemyss Lochgelly Kingskettle Sinclairtown [1st] Sinclairtown [2nd] Strathmiglo Dysart Gateside Auchtermuchty | Leslie Viaduct Fettykill Paper Mill Kinglassie Colliery Auchmuty Paper Mill Rothes Paper Mill Kinninmonth Colliery Lower Pit Kinninmonth Colliery Upper Pit Balbirnie Pit Balbirnie Mills Thornton Yard Tower Thornton Yard Tourist/other Fife Airport Blythe^s Tower Prestonhall Level Crossing Dogton Stone |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 02/01/1932 | Leslie Railway Leslie to Markinch closed to passengers. |
| 04/01/1932 | Leslie Railway Leslie to Markinch closed to passengers (alternative date). |
| 09/10/1967 | Leslie Railway Leslie to Auchmuty Junction closed to freight. |
