Kirkland Yard
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Kirkland YardOpened on the Kirkland Yard and Leven Dock to Methil Line Widening (North British Railway).
Description
This large yard was associated with the expansion of the docks at Methil, particularly the opening of Methil Dock No 3, and the expansion of the lines between the former Leven Railway and the Methil docks.
The yard had been reduced to a single line by the time the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society choose the site as their base, the Fife Heritage Railway Centre. The track here was brought from the former Lammerlaws Yard at Burntisland, lifted in 2005.
Tags
Yard Sidings
| Nearby stations Leven [1st] Leven Leven [2nd] Methil Cameron Bridge Cameron Bridge [1st] Buckhaven Lundin Links Wemyss Castle Largo West Wemyss Markinch Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Glenrothes with Thornton | Leven Creosote Works Kirkland Goods Kirkland Siding Kirkland Foundry Kirkland Works Durie Foundry Leven Colliery Nos 1 and 2 Pits Kirkland Loop Wemyss Saw Planing and Moulding Mills Aberhill Tram Depot Methil East Junction East Fife Central Junction Tourist/other Mountfleurie Crossing Kirkland House Burnmill Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /12/1908 | Leven Dock Railway Line from Kirkland Yard to Methil Docks quadrupled. |
| /12/1972 | Leven Railway Thornton Junction to Kirkland Yard singled |
News items
| 21/08/2023 | Historic test train gets new lease of life in Fife [Network Rail] |
