Anstruther railway station

Anstruther railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Anstruther


caption =
locale = Scotland
borough = Fife
line = Leven and East of Fife Railway
manager = North British Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 1 September 1863
events = Station opens
years1 = 1 September 1883
events1 = Station moved when line extended
years2 = 6 September 1965
events2 = Station closes
Anstruther railway station served the village of Anstruther, Fife, in Scotland. Served by the Leven and East of Fife Railway it was located on the south coast of Fife opposite North Berwick.

History

Opened by the Leven and East of Fife Railway, it became part of the North British Railway, and so into the London and North Eastern Railway. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995
ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0


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