Kinghorn Tunnel

Location type

Tunnel

Name and dates

Kinghorn Tunnel (1847-)

Opened on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.

Description

This tunnel is south west of Kinghorn station and 265 yards long. (Or 242 yards, sources vary.)

The tunnel has reverse curves and a speed restriction.

West of the tunnel was the connection for the siding to Pettycur Harbour.

Tags

Tunnel
07/11/2019




Nearby stations
Kinghorn
Burntisland [1st]
Burntisland
Kirkcaldy
Sinclairtown [1st]
Sinclairtown [2nd]
Aberdour
Dysart
Ocean Terminal [Tram]
Newhaven [Tram]
Granton
Leith North
Cardenden
Trinity [1st]
Trinity [2nd]
Pettycur Glass Works
Pettycur Harbour
Sandhills Siding
Kinghorn Viaduct
Abden Works
Kinghorn Candle Works
Burntisland No 4 Mine
Burntisland No 3 Mine
Seafield Ground Frame
Binnend Oilworks
Burntisland East Junction
Seafield Harbour
Seafield Colliery
Tyrie Bleach Works
Burntisland Works
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Reverse Curves


It is said the Kinghorn Tunnel bores from either end did not meet in the middle, thus the reverse curves.


Books


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

Burntisland: Fife's Railway Port (Locomotion papers)

Fife's Last Days of Steam

Fife's Lost Railways

Railways of Fife

The Railways of Fife