Boarhills

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Boarhills (1887-1930)

Opened on the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway.

Description

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.

The station closed in 1930 and the line in 1965.

The station is now a house.

There were tight bends to both east and west of this station to bring the line parallel and cross over the Kenly Water.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map

Chronology Dates

01/09/1883Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
Opened from Anstruther [2nd] to Boarhills.
01/06/1887Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
Line opened from Boarhills to St Andrews [2nd].
22/09/1930Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
Boarhills, Kingsbarns, Stravithie and Mount Melville stations closed.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Crail, History and Guide: The Story of an Ancient Scottish Burgh

Fife's Lost Railways

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

The Anstruther and St. Andrews Railway

The Leven & East of Fife Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

The St Andrews Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)