St Andrews railway station, also known as St Andrews Links, Links Station or Old Station, was the first railway station 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 was opened 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 ...

in 1852. It remained open to passengers until 1887 when a new station was completed closer to the town.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1852 by the St Andrews Railway. Although the line was built to double track standards, it only carried a single line. Passengers services used this stop for almost 35 years until 1 June 1887 when St Andrews (New) railway station opened. The new station, which was south east of the old station, was conveniently sited less than a quarter of a mile from the town centre. After closure to passenger services, the old station became a goods yard with depot and sidings. A signal box, also called St Andrews Links, opened at the same time to the north of the old station, it took over the operation of the semaphore signalling and sets of points west of the town; the box closed in 1957.

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Disused railway stations in Fife Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1887 Former North British Railway stations 1852 establishments in Scotland 1887 disestablishments in Scotland {{Fife-railstation-stub