Date: 21/07/2012

Supporters of the campaign to reconnect St Andrews to the rail network have been buoyed by the response to a recently published feasability study, which is currently out for public consultation.

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Supporters of the campaign to reconnect St Andrews to the rail network have been buoyed by the response to a recently published feasability study, which is currently out for public consultation.

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Stanier Black 5 no 45468, immaculately turned out by St Rollox shed, takes the 'Fife Coast Express' out of Buchanan Street in 1959 at the commencement of its cross-country journey to St Andrews [see image 34385]. Even the signalman seems impressed.
Location: Buchanan Street
Company: Buchanan Street Extension (Caledonian Railway)
//1959 Gordon Smith Collection (Courtesy Ken Browne)

The western approach to St Andrews station seen from a DMU in the early summer of 1967, two years before the line's closure. This was the second St Andrews station with the first, a short distance north west of here, replaced in 1887 when the line from Leuchars was extended south. Buses are visible at the top of Station Road with the spire of Hope Park Church beyond. For the same view 44 years later [see image 34391]
Location: St Andrews [2nd]
Company: St Andrews Junction Line (North British Railway)
//1967 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

Surviving piers of the railway bridge that carried the line between Leuchars Junction and St Andrews over the River Eden. Seen here in May 2005 looking north west across the estuary back towards Leuchars.
Location: Guard Bridge Viaduct
Company: St Andrews Railway
19/05/2005 John Furnevel

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