Kelty North Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Kelty North Junction (1862-1970)

Opened on the West of Fife Mineral Railway.
Opened on the Lochore Branch (North British Railway).
Opened on the Blairenbathie and Blairadam Collieries Branch (North British Railway).
Opened on the Kinross-shire Railway.

Description

This was a six way junction immediately north of Kelty station.

Northwards from the junction the lines were to
- the west, the Blairadam Branch, to Blairadam Colliery (opened 1873, closed 1964)
- the north, the main line north to Glenfarg (opened 1860, closed 1970)
- the east, the Lochore Branch (opened 1862, closed 1970)

Southwards from the junction were lines to
- the west, the West of Fife Branch, formerly a connection to the West of Fife Railway (opened 1863, closed 1963)
- the south, the main line south to Kelty South Junction and Cowdenbeath (opened 1860, closed 1970)
- the east, the Aitken Colliery (opened 1896, closed 1963, abandoned 1969)

The original signal box, on the west side of the junction in the 'V' of the Blairadam Branch and the main line, was closed in 1952. Its replacement was very close to the original. Replacement was due to the construction of Kelty Yard, created by looping sidings north of the junction on either side of the main line and the addition of further loops.

The location remained a junction until closure of the line northwards in 1970. Final closure was in 1972.

Nothing remains to be seen at the junction site.

Tags

Junction

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map

Chronology Dates

23/02/1970Kinross-shire Railway
Lochore Coup to Kelty North Junction (excluded) closed.
04/05/1970Kinross-shire Railway
Fife and Kinross Railway
Milnathort to Kelty North Junction (excluded) closed to freight.

News items

26/05/2021Kelty: Plan for holiday lodges and cafe at old railway site [Dunfermline Press]

Books


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

Fife's Lost Railways

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Railways of Fife

The Railways of Fife