Morton Siding

Location type

Sidings

Name and dates

Morton Siding

Opened on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.

Description

This siding was located between Leuchars (Old) and Tayport. The siding was located on the double track line between those two stations. Access to the siding was by reversal from the southbound line.

The siding was for the nearby Morton Farm.

Tags

Siding


Chronology Dates

09/01/1956Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Tayport (excluded) to Leuchars Junction [2nd] (excluded) closed to passengers. Leuchars Old (excluded) to Morton Siding (excluded) closed to all traffic.

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