Kilmany railway station served the village of
Kilmany
Kilmany (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cille Mheinidh'') is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland. It is located on the A92 between Auchtermuchty and the Tay Road Bridge. In 2001 it had a population of 75.
The current name of the village derives from an o ...
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Fife, Scotland
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i.e ...
from 1909 to 1951 on the
Newburgh and North Fife Railway
The Newburgh and North Fife Railway was a Scottish railway company formed to build a connecting line between St Fort and Newburgh, in Fife, intended to open up residential traffic between the intermediate communities and Dundee and Perth. It ope ...
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History
The station opened on 25 January 1909 by the
Newburgh and North Fife Railway
The Newburgh and North Fife Railway was a Scottish railway company formed to build a connecting line between St Fort and Newburgh, in Fife, intended to open up residential traffic between the intermediate communities and Dundee and Perth. It ope ...
.
The goods yard was to the north. The signal box closed in 1928 and was replaced with a ground frame which allowed access to the goods yard. The station was host to a
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*London and North Eastern Railway, a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1923 until 1947
*London North Eastern Railway, a train operating company in the United Kingdom since 2018
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camping coach
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from 1935 to 1939. At least part of the station buildings were used to provide ''camping apartment'' accommodation for holidaymakers from sometime in the 1950s until the early 1960s, there was accommodation for six people.
The line and station closed to passengers on 12 February 1951.
The line closed to goods traffic on 5 October 1964.
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Kilmany station on Canmore
Disused railway stations in Fife
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1909
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951
Former North British Railway stations
1909 establishments in Scotland
1951 disestablishments in Scotland
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