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St Fort

Location type

Station

Name and dates

St Fort (1878-1965)

Opened on the Newburgh and North Fife Railway.
Opened on the Tay Bridge and Associated Lines (North British Railway).

Description

This was a two platform station on the double track approach to the Tay Bridge from Leuchars. The goods yard was on the west side, approached from the north. The signal box was on the east side opposite.

The Newburgh and North Fife Railway opened to a triangular junction to the south of the station. The station's box was replaced by St Fort North box in 1909, to the south of the station on the west side. St Fort North Junction was just to the south. The line to Glenburnie doubled before meeting main line.

In 1924 the St Fort South Junction to St Fort West Junction curve closed and the junction at the station became simply St Fort Junction.

The branch closed to Luthrie in 1965. The station closed in 1965. The signal box was closed in 1966. The railway remains open.

Newton Ballast Hill was to the north. The Linkswood Oil Depot, for oil to the Leuchars air base, is to the south of the former station on the east side of the main line.

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
02/08/2020

Nearby stations Wormit Newport-on-Tay West Kilmany Newport-on-Tay East Leuchars (Old) Leuchars Dundee Esplanade Dundee Dundee West Magdalen Green Dundee Trades Lane Dundee East Rathillet Siding Dundee Ward Road Roodyards	Linkswood Oil Depot St Fort West Junction St Fort South Junction Newton Ballast Hill Wormit Signal Box Wormit Goods Tay Bridge South Junction Tay Bridge South Junction [1st] Tayfield Den Viaduct Tay Bridge [1st] Tay Bridge Buckingham Junction Tourist/other Newport-on-Tay Ferry Terminal Balmerino Abbey St Athernase Church
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Ticket Platform

For northbound trains heading to Dundee over the Tay Bridge St Fort was effectively the ticket platform where the tickets of the passengers were collected.

Dates

25/01/1909	Newburgh and North Fife Railway Line opened from Newburgh (Glenburnie Junction) to St Fort.
10/02/1951	Newburgh and North Fife Railway Newburgh (Glenburnie Junction) to St Fort closed to passengers. (Alternative date 12/02/1951.)
12/02/1951	Newburgh and North Fife Railway Newburgh (Glenburnie Junction) to St Fort closed to passengers. (Alternative date 10/02/1951.)
08/08/1964	Newburgh and North Fife Railway St Fort (excluded) to Lindores [2nd] closed. (Alternative date 05/10/1964.)
05/10/1964	Newburgh and North Fife Railway St Fort (excluded) to Lindores [2nd] closed. (Alternative date 08/08/1964.)
06/09/1965	Tay Bridge and Associated Lines (North British Railway) St Fort station closed.