This was a mineral and goods railway replacing/supplementing the earlier Leven Dock Railway. For the opening of Methil Dock No 3 not only were lines for the new dock laid, but the lines between Leven and Methil were rebuilt. Kirkland Yard was laid out west of Leven [1st] and a quadruple line laid to Methil East Junction (relocated and rebuilt) where the single track bridge over the River Leven was replaced. Lines split to serve No 3 dock and to run down the west side of Methil Dock No 1 and Methil Dock No 2 to Methil West Junction. To accommodate the new line the north west corner of Methil Dock No 1 was infilled. The system is now disused, particularly since the closure of Methil Power Station and the cessation of traffic to the docks. A portion, which overlaps with the original Leven Dock line, will reopen between East Fife Central Junction and the Bawbee Bridge as a double track electrified railway for the new Levenmouth passenger terminus.
These locations are along the line.
This was a four way junction between the 1854 Leven Railway and the 1898 East Fife Central Railway and Kirkland Yard (North British Railway) (around 1910).
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This large yard was associated with the expansion of the docks at Methil, particularly the opening of Methil Dock No 3, and the expansion of the lines between the former Leven Railway and the Methil docks.
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More detailsA new terminus serving Leven, Innerleven and Methil will be built below the A955 Bawbee Bridge which crosses over the River Leven and the former freight only line to Methil Power Station and the docks. This new site for the terminus is required as the sites of Leven [1st] and Leven [2nd] stations are not available.
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This junction, actually at Levenmouth, was formed in 1914 during the works to open Methil Dock No 3. Kirkland Yard was laid out to the west, a great improvement on the single track line from the Kirkland Siding reversing spur in Leven. A quadruple track was laid from the yard to Methil East Junction where there were sidings on the site of the Leven Dock and a new quadruple track ...
More detailsThis coal slurry burning power station was located on the south bank of the River Leven at Innerleven. The site has been cleared.
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This dock was built for the export of coal. It had three coal hoists, one approached by rail from the south (on the west side), two approached from the north (one on the west side one at the north end) and a rail served quayside on the east side.
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This junction was to the south west of Methil station. The layout was altered on several occasions and the track layout was complex.
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