Lumphinnans Central Junction
Location type
JunctionNames and dates
Lumphinnans Junction (1860-1900)Lumphinnans Central Junction (1900-1967)
Opened on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).
Opened on the Kinross-shire Railway.
Opened on the Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction (North British Railway).
Description
This was originally the junction for the Kinross-shire Railway, opened 1860, with the Dunfermline Branch of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
In 1900 a curve was put in between Lumphinnans North Junction and Mary Pit Siding (renamed Lumphinnans East Junction). As a result Lumphinnans Junction was renamed Lumphinnans Central Junction. The south to west curve was relaid a little to the north, the old curve being left as a siding. The replacement signal box was further north, on the west side of the junction with the disused original south to west curve to its west.
A further junction was installed to the south allowing running to Cowdenbeath (New).
The original route south to Foulford Junction closed by 1966 and the route west to Kelty closed in 1967.
The signal box here closed in 1970.
Tags
Junction
Chronology Dates
| 20/06/1860 | Kinross-shire Railway Opened from Cowdenbeath [1st] (Lumphinnans Junction, later Central junction) to Kinross [2nd]. |
| 29/03/1919 | Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction (North British Railway) All passenger trains start to use the Cowdenbeath (New) deviation with the opening of the Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction link. Cowdenbeath (Old) closed to passengers. Cowdenbeath South Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction given over to goods and mineral traffic. |
| / /1966 | Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway) Foulford Junction (excluded) to Lumphinnans Central Junction (excluded) closed. Foulford Junction retained as headshunt for the National Coal Board Central Works Fife, Cowdenbeath. |
| / /1967 | Kinross-shire Railway Kelty South Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction closed. |
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |  Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines) | Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines) |
