Date: 09/08/2018

The campaign to re-open the St Andrews rail link after a 50-year gap today won Scottish Government funding for a study which could pave the way for the scheme.

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Full steam ahead for St Andrews rail study

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The campaign to re-open the St Andrews rail link after a 50-year gap today won Scottish Government funding for a study which could pave the way for the scheme.

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The western approach to St Andrews station seen from a DMU in the early summer of 1967, two years before the line's closure. This was the second St Andrews station with the first, a short distance north west of here, replaced in 1887 when the line from Leuchars was extended south. Buses are visible at the top of Station Road with the spire of Hope Park Church beyond. For the same view 44 years later [see image 34391]
Location: St Andrews [2nd]
Company: St Andrews Junction Line (North British Railway)
//1967 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

The gateway to St Andrews is the dismantled railway bridge that carried the line over the A91 road at the western edge of the town, seen here in May 2011. Hard to imagine the 'Fife Coast Express' [see image 26205] in days gone by, slowing as it crossed the bridge prior to pulling up at its ultimate destination. The former station (closed January 1969), St Andrews second, was located off to the right and is now a car park.
Location: St Andrews [2nd]
Company: St Andrews Junction Line (North British Railway)
30/05/2011 Andrew Wilson

View east towards the site of St Andrews station (1887-1969) in the spring of 2011. Station road on the left now leads up to the recently rebuilt bus station, with Hope Park Church spire standing in the background. The 1865 church saw the railway station (the town's second) come and go, pre-dating it by 22 years. [See image 34565]
Location: St Andrews [2nd]
Company: St Andrews Junction Line (North British Railway)
30/05/2011 Andrew Wilson