Lumphinnans Central Junction

Location type

Junction

Names and dates

Lumphinnans Junction (1860-1900)
Lumphinnans Central Junction (1900-1967)

Opened on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).
Opened on the Kinross-shire Railway.
Opened on the Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction (North British Railway).

Description

This was originally the junction for the Kinross-shire Railway, opened 1860, with the Dunfermline Branch of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.

In 1900 a curve was put in between Lumphinnans North Junction and Mary Pit Siding (renamed Lumphinnans East Junction). As a result Lumphinnans Junction was renamed Lumphinnans Central Junction. The south to west curve was relaid a little to the north, the old curve being left as a siding. The replacement signal box was further north, on the west side of the junction with the disused original south to west curve to its west.

A further junction was installed to the south allowing running to Cowdenbeath (New).

The original route south to Foulford Junction closed by 1966 and the route west to Kelty closed in 1967.

The signal box here closed in 1970.

Tags

Junction



Chronology Dates

20/06/1860Kinross-shire Railway
Opened from Cowdenbeath [1st] (Lumphinnans Junction, later Central junction) to Kinross [2nd].
29/03/1919Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction (North British Railway)
All passenger trains start to use the Cowdenbeath (New) deviation with the opening of the Cowdenbeath North Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction link. Cowdenbeath (Old) closed to passengers. Cowdenbeath South Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction given over to goods and mineral traffic.
  /  /1966Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway)
Foulford Junction (excluded) to Lumphinnans Central Junction (excluded) closed. Foulford Junction retained as headshunt for the National Coal Board Central Works Fife, Cowdenbeath.
  /  /1967Kinross-shire Railway
Kelty South Junction to Lumphinnans Central Junction closed.

Books


Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines)

Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines)