St Andrews railway station was the second station to be built in the town of

St Andrews, Fife St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourt ...

, Scotland. The station, which was in service from 1887 to 1969, was built by the

St Andrews Railway The St Andrews Railway was an independent railway company, founded in 1851 to build a railway branch line from the university town of St Andrews, in Fife, Scotland, to the nearby main line railway. It opened in 1852. When the Tay Rail Bridge ope ...

and the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 June 1887 by the

North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

replacing the first station (which became a goods yard and depot). Although built to a two-track standard, the railway only had one line. The station, which was built within a stone-walled cutting on the edge of the town, had a side and an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s on either side of the single track and a side bay with a siding in place of a second through line. Rail traffic was controlled by a signal box on the west side of the stone cutting. In 1965, the line south of the town, which had been the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway, was closed making St Andrews the terminus of the line for services from

Leuchars railway station Leuchars railway station ( ) serves the towns of Leuchars and St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The station is the last northbound stop before Dundee. The station was built as Leuchars Junction station for the route over the Tay Bridge to Dundee, t ...

on the

Edinburgh–Dundee line The Edinburgh–Dundee line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with Dundee via the Forth Bridge and the Tay Bridge. A branch runs to Perth. Passenger services are operated by ScotRail, Caledonian Sleeper, CrossCountry and London North Eas ...

. The signal box closed in 1967. The station, along with the entire line, closed on 6 January 1969. The site, which has retained the walls of the stone cutting, is now used for onroad parking.

References

Disused railway stations in Fife Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1887 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1969 Former North British Railway stations 1887 establishments in Scotland 1969 disestablishments in Scotland {{Fife-railstation-stub