RAILSCOT | Kinross Junction [1st]

Station

Hopefield (1860-1871)
Kinross Junction [1st] (1871-1890)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

This station replaced Kinross [1st] when the Fife and Kinross Railway met the Kinross-shire Railway at Loch Leven, Kinross [3rd].

The station was renamed around the time of the opening of the Devon Valley Railway.

It was replaced by Kinross Junction [2nd], immediately to the north, on the opening of the Forth Bridge Railway.

Kinross Junction, the junction itself, remained open until closure of the Devon Valley Railway.

There was a signal box in the 'V' of the junction which was aligned with the main line. To the east a turntable was installed and there were sidings alongside the DVR on the west side.

Nearby stations Kinross [1st] Kinross Junction [2nd] Loch Leven Kinross [2nd] Milnathort Loch Leven Curler^s Platform Balado Mawcarse Blairadam Crook of Devon Glenfarg Kelty Gateside Rumbling Bridge [1st] Rumbling Bridge [2nd]	Kinross Junction Factory Kinross Shed Milnathort Shed Orwell Vale Mill (Woollen) Burleigh Deviation Kinnaird Colliery Blairenbathie Colliery Tourist/other Loch Leven Pier Burleigh Castle Lochleven Castle Balado House Tullibole Crossing Loch Leven [Loch] Broomhill Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

20/08/1860	Fife and Kinross Railway Kinross-shire Railway Joint station opened at Hopefield.
01/05/1863	Devon Valley Railway Opened from Hopefield to Rumbling Bridge (worked by North British Railway).