Methil Docks
Location type
WaterName and dates
Methil Docks (1887-)Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Lochs, and lakes, water.
Description
The Methil docks are still in operation. They were principally built for the export of coal. A substantial network of railways and yards served the docks.
Methil Dock No 1 (opened 1887)
Methil Dock No 2 (opened 1900)
Methil Dock No 3 (opened 1912)
Subsequent uses have included timber, grain and oil platform construction (to the south).
Railways serving the docks included
Leven Dock Railway
Leven Extension Railway (Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway)
and
Wemyss Private Railway, which connected to the network.
The railway network had marshaling yards to the north (Kirkland Yard) and south (Methil Yard).
Local
Methil Heritage - Methil Docks
Forth Ports - Fife Ports
Tags
Docks| Nearby stations Methil Leven Buckhaven Leven [1st] Leven [2nd] Cameron Bridge Cameron Bridge [1st] Wemyss Castle Lundin Links Largo West Wemyss Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Markinch Glenrothes with Thornton | Bass Rock Sidings Methil Yard Wemyss Junction Bell^s Box Methil West Junction Leven Colliery No 4 Pit Wellesley Pit Baum Washer Oil Rig Construction Yard Aberhill Tram Depot Leven Colliery Nos 1 and 2 Pits Wemyss Brickworks Tourist/other Methil Dock No 2 Methil Dock No 1 Methil Dock No 3 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /12/1908 | Leven Dock Railway Line from Kirkland Yard to Methil Docks quadrupled. |
News items
| 23/06/2022 | Levenmouth rail link: Fears area could lose out in freight terminal plans [The Courier] |
| 23/06/2020 | Freight could be part of Levenmouths rail future [Fife Today] |
