Glenburnie railway station

Glenburnie
General information
LocationGlenburnie, Fife
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEdinburgh and Northern Railway
Pre-groupingEdinburgh and Northern Railway
Key dates
9 December 1847 (1847-12-09)Opened
17 May 1848 (1848-05-17)Closed

Glenburnie railway station was a temporary terminus that served the area of Glenburnie, Fife, Scotland from 1847 to 1848 on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway and the Newburgh and North Fife Railway.

History

The station opened on 9 December 1847 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway. It was a short lived terminus of the Newburgh and North Fife Railway, until Newburgh opened five months later, with a siding that served a loading bank to the west and a signal box also to the west. The station closed on 17 May 1848.[1]

References

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 187. OCLC 931112387.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Newburgh
Line open, station closed 		  Edinburgh and Northern Railway   Collessie
Line open, station closed

56°20′26″N 3°12′45″W / 56.3405°N 3.2126°W / 56.3405; -3.2126


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