Lochty

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Lochty Goods (1898-1967)
Lochty (1967-1992)

Opened on the East Fife Central Railway.

Description

This was a goods station, the terminus of the East Fife Central Railway. There were several sidings served from the west and a loop to the south.

After closure of the line in 1967 a short portion was retained as the Lochty Private Railway giving a home to A4 60009 Pacific Union of South Africa. This privately preserved locomotive was able to run west to a new platform at the end of the truncated line at Knightsward. A small locomotive shed was erected. The locomotive left in 1973 and the railway continued in use until 1992. Rolling stock was removed over the next couple of years.

The site is now largely cleared, portions of a loading bank can be seen.

Tags

Goods sidings station terminus

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map


Chronology Dates

18/08/1898East Fife Central Railway
Line opened from East of Fife Central Junction to Lochty Goods for goods only.
  /  /1994East Fife Central Railway
Fife Railway Preservation Group complete the removal of their equipment from Lochty to storage.

Books


The East Fife Central Railway

The East of Fife Central Railway: The Lochty Line (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

The Railways of Fife