St. Monance railway station

St. Monance
General information
LocationSt Monans, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56°12′27″N 2°46′10″W / 56.2075°N 2.7694°W / 56.2075; -2.7694
Grid referenceNO523019
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyThe Leven and East of Fife Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 September 1863 (1863-09-01)Opened as St Monance
October 1875Name changed to St Monans
February 1936Name reverted to St Monance
6 September 1965 (1965-09-06)Closed

St. Monance railway station served the village of St Monans, Fife, Scotland from 1863 to 1965 on the Fife Coast Railway.

History

The station was opened on 1 September 1863 by the Leven and East of Fife Railway when it opened the extension of its line from Kilconquhar to Anstruther.[1][2]

Its name was changed to St Monans in October 1875 but changed back to St Monance in February 1936.[1]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1954 to 1963 and two coaches from 1956 to 1958, in the final year a Pullman camping coach was used.[3]

The station closed to passengers on 6 September 1965.[1] The line closed to goods traffic on 18 July 1966.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Quick 2022, p. 397.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, pp. 176 & 315.
  3. ^ McRae 1998, pp. 28 & 30.
  4. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 44 (ref 2039).

Bibliography

  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Pittenweem
Line and station closed 		  North British Railway
The Leven and East of Fife Railway 		  Elie
Line and station closed


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