Methil Power Station
Location type
WorksName and dates
Methil Power Station (1965-1999)Station code: MPS National Rail
Served by the Kirkland Yard and Leven Dock to Methil Line Widening (North British Railway).
Description
This coal slurry burning power station was located on the south bank of the River Leven at Innerleven. The site has been cleared.
The power station was built on largely vacant land to the north of Methil Dock No 3. Approach was from Methil East Junction. The power station had a small yard of sidings on the south side. It was designed to burn coal slurry provided by the washery at Wellesley Colliery to the south (worked north from Methil Yard before running round at Kirkland Yard to reach the power station). The power station also burned 'Comrie Filtercake' from Comrie Colliery. Later the power station used slurry from Westfield Opencast and from Killoch Washery.
It was mothballed around 1999, Westfield Opencast mining having ceased in 1998. It was demolished in 2010-11.
Local
The sidings were home to Jeffray Wotherspoon's Class 26 for some time. Jeffray Wotherspoon - 26040
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Power station
| Nearby stations Leven Leven [2nd] Leven [1st] Methil Cameron Bridge Lundin Links Buckhaven Cameron Bridge [1st] Largo Wemyss Castle West Wemyss Markinch Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Glenrothes with Thornton | Methil Hydraulic Power Station Leven Dock Methil East Junction Wemyss Saw Planing and Moulding Mills Kirkland Loop Aberhill Tram Depot Durie Foundry Leven Colliery Nos 1 and 2 Pits Cuttlehill Brick and Tile Works Tourist/other River Leven [Fife] Methil Dock No 3 Methil Dock No 1 Waggon Road Level Crossing [Leven] Burnmill Level Crossing Methil Dock No 2 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 06/05/1992 | Leven Railway Railtour visits Methil Power Station. |
| / /2000 | Leven Railway Last coal slurry train to Methil Power Station. |
| / /2000 | Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway) Last coal slurry train from Westfield Opencast to Methil Power Station. |
News items
| 08/06/2011 | Methil power station chimney blown up [BBC News] |
| 22/07/2005 | 26040 moves under its own power |
| 24/09/2002 | 26040 moved from Methil Power station to Barclays Yard, Methil |
