Anstruther and St Andrews Railway

Introduction

This line is closed. The line ran round the East Coast of Fife between the towns in its title.






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This was the junction between the Leven and East of Fife Railway of 1863 and the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway of 1883, both single track lines. With the extension the original Anstruther [1st] station became a goods yard on a short branch, replaced by Anstruther [2nd] which was to the north and a little further east. The signal box was on the north side of the junction.
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Leven and East of Fife Railway
Looking east from the bridge at Anstruther Junction in 2015 towards the sites of the two stations. Straight ahead then slightly left for New, to the ...
Colin Miller 14/06/2015
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Looking north to the Dreel Viaduct, Anstruther in 1992. The first station, latterly a goods yard, was to the left, while the second station was over ...
Bill Roberton //1992
Relics of the East of Fife line are few and hard to find.
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Colin Miller 14/06/2015
The Dreel Viaduct on the Leven to St. Andrews line, looking west in September 2011. To the left was the original Anstruther terminus which became the ...
Colin Miller 21/09/2011
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This was a two platform station with the main building on the westbound platform. It replaced Anstruther [1st] just to the south which was left on a short branch when the line was extended and became a goods yard.
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Anstruther station, photographed in 1964 from a departing eastbound DMU. ...
Brian Haslehust 24/06/1964
The 2.42 pm Dundee Tay Bridge - Edinburgh at Anstruther, waiting to cross an eastbound terminating service at Anstruther. The photograph was taken on ...
Brian Haslehust 04/09/1965
The 2.42pm Dundee Tay Bridge to Edinburgh via the Fife Coast waits in Anstruther to cross an eastbound terminating service. The train appears to ...
Brian Haslehust 04/09/1965
View of Anstruther station, from an eastbound DMU. The photograph dates from 4th September 1965, just two days before closure of the line to regular ...
Brian Haslehust 04/09/1965
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This two platform station was the principal station between St Andrews and Anstruther [2nd]. The building was of a larger design to the rest of the line. It was on the western edge of Crail. The building was on on the southbound - town side - platform.
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View of Crail station, from an eastbound DMU, on Saturday 4th September 1965. This was the final weekend of regular passenger traffic on the line. ...
Brian Haslehust 04/09/1965
View from a westbound Fife Coast DMU approaching Crail on Saturday 4th September 1965, just two days before the line closed to regular passenger ...
Brian Haslehust 04/09/1965
A local service from Thornton Junction stands at Crail in 1964 watched by members of the photographer's family. The station closed to passengers in ...
Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1964
View towards Anstruther from the footbridge at Crail station in the summer of 1965, a few months before closure to passengers. See image 28467 ...
Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1965
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This was a two platform station with a passing loop. It was some way west of Kinsbarns itself - around a mile. The main station building was on the southbound platform, the town side. Platforms were joined by a footbridge.
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View of the closed station at Kingsbarns, taken from a DMU operating the 14.42 service from Dundee to Edinburgh, via Crail, on 4th September 1965. The ...
Brian Haslehust 04/09/1965
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This disused single track five arch viaduct over Kenly Water is immediately east of the former Boarhills station.
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The surviving viaduct across the Kenly Water at Boarhills in April 2021. Nearby Boarhills station closed in 1930 but the line remained open. The last ...
John Yellowlees 13/04/2021
A side elevation view of the viaduct across the Kenly Water at Boarhills, from a peaceful spot on 13th April 2021.
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John Yellowlees 13/04/2021
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This was a single platform station to the south of Boarhills. The platform was on the north side of the line, the town side. There was a goods yard to the north, accessed from the west. To the east is the single track Boarhills Viaduct.
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This was a two platform station with a loop on a single track line. The eastbound platform and loop were a later addition of 1898, when the original 1887 signal box was replaced. The main station building was on the original westbound platform, with the signal box to its east.
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This fine old stone bridge still spans the trackbed at Stravithie. The station is now a holiday guest house, the entrance to which can be seen just ...
John Yellowlees 13/04/2021
The entrance sign at Stravithie old station guest house bears a resemblance to a totem station sign, albeit in green rather than pale blue. The bridge ...
John Yellowlees 13/04/2021
Looking over the site of Stravithie station, now part of a holiday guest house, in April 2021. A BR MkI carriage stands on the trackbed.
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John Yellowlees 13/04/2021
Entrance to old station at Stravithie. ...
Brian Forbes 04/11/2006
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This station is closed. It was south of St Andrews [2nd].
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After closure most of Mount Melville station was obliterated by road realignment. This is the view looking south away from St Andrews. The passenger ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
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A rare relic of the St. Andrews railway is this plate for a sign, now unreadable, which remains in place on the Kinness Burn viaduct. ...
Colin McDonald 15/06/2017
The continuation of the former line viewed from the south end of Viaduct Walk at Cannongate. The former trackbed appears to have been added ...
Colin McDonald 15/06/2017
View north along Viaduct Walk at the Kinness Burn viaduct see image 35756 in June 2017. The walkway and cycle route are at formation level along ...
Colin McDonald 15/06/2017
There is not much left of the railway south of the station site at St Andrews, but a length of embankment is a foot / cycle path for a short distance ...
Colin Miller 20/09/2011
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This was an island platform station located below street level. In addition to the two faces of the island platform, there was a loading dock at the north end, with a short section of platform alongside the southbound line. Also known as the new station.
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St Andrews Junction Line (North British Railway)
St Andrews station with a DMU arrived from Leuchars Junction. ...
John Clark 11/04/1968
The site of St Andrews Station is now a carpark below the bus station. This is the view from the former Leuchars end of the station. ...
John Yellowlees 16/06/2017
A view north over the site of the former St Andrews station, now car park, in 1996. The island platform was to the left, in a cutting, and the walkway ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
The former St. Andrews station area, viewed from near the site of the bridge which carried Doubledykes Road across the line. Here the former trackbed ...
Colin McDonald 16/06/2017
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