Cameron Bridge
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Cameron Bridge (1854-1969)
Opened on the Leven Railway.
Description
This was an island platform station surrounded by the Cameronbridge Distillery, for which there were many sidings.
As initially built it was a single platform station with a bay at the east end. To the west was a level crossing on the Kirkcaldy to Cupar road. The distillery progressively expanded east, over the River Leven to surround the station.
The road was replaced by a bridge to the east of the station and a further line added to the north of the station when the line was doubled making the platform into an island. The line was doubled in 1910 and the signal box replaced.
The Muiredge Branch, serving several collieries and Muiredge Goods branched off from the east of the station and ran south.
After closure to passengers in 1969 the sidings remained in use serving the distillery until the 1990s. The signal box closed in 1970. Trackwork remains in place.
The location is sometimes described as Windygates, which was at a crossroads roughly a half mile to the north.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
Nearby stations Buckhaven Methil Leven [1st] Leven [2nd] Wemyss Castle West Wemyss Markinch Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Lundin Links Glenrothes with Thornton Largo Dysart Falkland Road Sinclairtown [2nd] | Other railway and industry locations Leven Colliery No 3 Pit (Pirnie) East Fife Central Junction Isabella Colliery Plunks Junction Bye Pit Percival Pit Kennoway Goods Wemyss Brickworks Muiredge Colliery Muiredge Goods Kirkland Foundry Buckhaven Saw Mills Leven Colliery No 4 Pit Kirkland Goods Tourist/other Cameronbridge Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| 08/08/2019 | Leven Railway Announcement of planned re-opening to passengers to Cameron Bridge and Leven. |
